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 96 STAT. 746

PUBLIC LAW 97-252—SEPT. 8, 1982 "139a. Oversight of cost growth in major programs: Selected Acquisition Reports. "139b. Oversight of cost growth in major programs: unit cost reports.".

Repeal. Effective dates. 10 USC 139a note. Ante, pp. 739, 741.

(b) Section 811 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976 (10 U.S.C. 139 note), is repealed. (c) Sections 139a and 139b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on January 1, 1983, and shall apply beginning with respect to reports for the first quarter of fiscal year 1983. The repeal made by subsection (b) shall take effect on January 1, 1983. OVERSIGHT OF DEFENSE EXPENDITURES

Report to congressional committees.

Personnel data.

SEC. 1108. (a) Concurrent with the submission of the budget to Congress for fiscal year 1984, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report concerning the strength requested in such budget for civilian personnel for the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the Defense Audit Service, and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service. Such report shall state the number of such personnel at the end of fiscal year 1982, the number at the time the report is submitted, and the number requested in that budget and shall include a justification for the number requested. The report shall also include the opinion of the Secretary of Defense on whether the number requested is sufficient for those agencies to accomplish their functions with respect to the reduction of waste, fraud, and abuse in defense expenditures during the next fiscal year, particularly in light of any increases (in real terms) in the levels of appropriations requested in that budget for operations, procurement of new equipment, and for research, development, test, and evaluation. (b) The Secretary shall include in the report under subsection (a) information concerning the savings in defense expenditures achieved by the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the Defense Audit Service, and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service during fiscal year 1982, including a statement for each agency of the amount of such cost savings achieved as a percentage of the number of dollars spent by such agency during such year. CONTINUATION OF TEST PROGRAM TO AUTHORIZE PRICE DIFFERENTIAL TO RELIEVE ECONOMIC DISLOCATIONS

10 USC 2392 note.

Contract provisions.

SEC. 1109. (a) The Secretary of Defense should conduct a test program during fiscal year 1983 in accordance with this subsection to test the effect of exempting certain contracts of the Department of Defense from the provisions of section 2892 of title 10, United States Code, and paying a price differential under such contracts for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations. Under such test program, the Secretary of Defense may exempt from the provisions of such section any contract (other than a contract for the purchase of fuel) made by the Defense Logistics Agency during fiscal year 1983 if the contract is to be awarded to an individual or firm located in a Labor Surplus Area (as defined and identified by the Department of Labor) and if the Secretary determines— (1) that the awarding of such contract will not adversely affect the national security of the United States; (2) that there is a reasonable expectation that bids will be received from a sufficient number of responsible bidders so that

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