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 93 STAT. 818

PUBLIC LAW 96-107—NOV. 9, 1979 authorized and directed to enter into contracts by competitive bid, subject to appropriations, for the purchase of domestically produced alcohol or alcohol-gasoline blends containing at least 10 percent domestically produced alcohol for use in motor vehicles owned or operated by the Department of Defense. EXTENSION OP PERIOD FOR CERTAIN RESERVISTS TO ELECT COVERAGE UNDER SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN

SEC. 816. Section 208 of the Uniformed Services Survivors' Benefits Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95-397; 10 U.S.C. 1447 note) is amended— (1) by striking out "the end of the nine-month period beginning on the effective date of this title" and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1980"; and (2) by striking out "at the end of the one-year period beginning on the effective date of this title" and inserting in lieu thereof "on March 31, 1980". EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF SENIOR-GRADE CIVIUAN EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

SEC. 817. Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 811(a) of the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978 (10 U.S.C. 131 note), are amended to read as follows: "(1) After October 1, 1980, the total number of commissioned officers on active duty in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps above the grade of colonel, and on active duty in the Navy above the grade of captain, may not exceed 1,073. "(2) After September 30, 1981, the total number of civilian employ5 USC 5332 note, ges of the Department of Defense in grades GS-13 through GS-18 (including positions authorized under section 1581 of title 10, United States Code) may not exceed the number equal to the number of such employees employed by the Department of Defense on July 30, 1977, reduced by the same percentage as the percentage by which the total number of commissioned officers on active duty in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps above the grade of colonel, and on active duty in the Navy above the grade of captain, is reduced below 1,141 during the period beginning on October 1, 1977, and ending on September 30, 1980.". SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING IMPORTATION OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS FROM ZIMBABWE-RHODESIA

22 USC 287c ^°^-

SEC. 818. It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should have unlimited access to strategic and critical materials which are vital to the defense and security of the United States and that every effort should be made to remove artificial impediments against the importation of such materials into the United States from Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. R E P O R T I N G REQUIREMENT R E G A R D I N G SALARIES OF OFFICERS OF

FEDERAL CONTRACT RESEARCH CENTERS

10 USC 2359.

SEC. 819. (a)(1) Chapter 139 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§2359. Salaries of officers of Federal contract research centers: reports to Congress "The Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress not later than January 31 of each year of any officer or employee of a Federal

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