Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/1230

 96 STAT. 1188

PUBLIC LAW 97-276—OCT. 2, 1982

continue the purchase of C-2 aircraft under a multiyear contract, $267,800,000: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or made avsdlable pursuant to this paragraph for the pay of members of the uniformed services shall be available to pay any member of the uniformed services a variable housing allowance pursuant to section 403(a)(2) of title 37, United States Code, in an amount that is greater than the amount which would have been payable to such member if the rates of basic allowance for quarters for members of the uniformed services in effect on September 30, 1982, had been increased by 8 per centum on October 1, 1982: Provided further, That pending passage of the regular Department of Defense Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1983, none of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this paragraph shall be available for the additional conversion of any full time personnel in support of the Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Army National Guard, and Air National Guard, from military technician to Active Guard/Reserve status: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this paragraph, except for small purchases in amounts not exceeding $10,000, shall be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cotton, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated S3nithetic fabric, or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materigds, or manufactured articles), or specialty metals including stainless steel flatware, not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Secretary of the Department concerned shall determine that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any articles of food or clothing or any form of cotton, woven silk and woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, wool, or specialty metals including stainless steel flatware, grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market prices and except procurements outside the United States in support of combat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters, and emergency procurements or procurements of perishable foods by establishments located outside the United States for the personnel attached thereto; Nothing in this provision shall preclude the procurement of foreign produced specialty metals used in the production or manufacture of weapons or weapons systems made outside the United States except those specialty metals which contain nickel from Cuba, or the procurement of chemical warfare protective clothing produced outside the United States, if such procurement is necessary to comply with agreements with foreign governments; Nothing herein shall preclude the procurement of foods manufactured or processed in the United States or its possessions; No funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this paragraph shall be used for the payment of a price differential on contracts hereafter made for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations other than certain contracts not involving fuel made on a test basis by the Defense Logistics Agency with a cumulative value not to exceed $5,000,000,000, as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to existing laws and regulations as not to be inappropriate therefor by reason of national security considerations; That the Secretary specifically determines that there is a reasonable expectation that offers will be obtained from a sufficient number of eligible concerns so that awards of such contracts will be made at a reasonable price and that no award shall be made for such contracts if the price differential exceeds 5 per

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