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Intelligence or special activities.

Automobile procurement, requirement.

Executive Schedule employees. Chemical and biological warfare programs.

Disposal of silver. 50 USC 98d note. Ante, p. 357.

PUBLIC LAW 97-114—DEC. 29, 1981

outside the United States or Canada unless the contractor was selected through competitive bidding without a differential in favor of foreign manufacturers: Provided, That this section does not apply to contracts for amounts less than $50,000, nor to existing contracts. SEC. 784. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available through transfer, reprogramming, or other means for any intelligence or special activity different from that previously justified to the Congress unless the Director of Central Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense has notified the House and Senate Appropriations Committees of the intent to make such funds available for such activity. SEC. 785. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon. This section does not apply to security or special mission automobiles. SEC. 786. None of the mnds appropriated by this Act may be used to appoint or compensate more than 35 individuals in the Department of Defense in positions in the Executive Schedule (as provided in sections 5312-5316 of title 5, United States Code). SEC. 787. Congress remains concerned about the rapidly escalating cost of the chemical and biological warfare programs that have not yet been adeauately justified by the Administration. Congress airected the Administration as part of the Conference Report to the fiscal year 1981 supplemental appropriations bill (H. Rept. No. 97-124) to provide studies of: the long-range costs of the modernization program; a country-by-country report from our NATO allies with respect to their official views on that long-range program; an overview of the mission-oriented requirements for the various binary weapons; and an arms control impact study of the mission-oriented requirements. This information has yet to be supplied to Congress. The Congress reaffirms the language of the Supplemental Conference Report as adopted earlier this year by Congress. Funding for binary weapons in this year's appropriation is not production or construction-oriented, but rather limited strictly to research and development. Therefore, these requirements do not apply to funding provided in this Act. The Congress views such requirements with the utmost concern and seriousness, and fully expects them to be fulfilled prior to any future request for production or construction-oriented binary weapons funding. Congress also urges the Administration to resume as rapidly as possible negotiations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to prohibit the development, production and stockpiling of chemical weapons. These negotiations are vital to enhance United States national security and achieve budgetary stability. SEC. 788. After the date of enactment of this Act no sale of silver from the National Defense Stockpile under the authority of Public Law 97-35, or any other Act, shall occur until the President, not later than July 1, 1982, redetermines that the silver authorized for disposal is excess to the requirements of the stockpile, taking into consideration such factors as the President considers relevant, including the following factors: (1) The findings and recommendations of the report by the General Accounting Office on the sale of silver from the National Defense Stockpile to be completed on or before January 1, 1982.

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