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 PUBLIC LAW 98-212 —DEC. 8, 1983 97 STAT. 1457 States Government personnel or their dependents or from entering the United States unlawfully. SEC. 799E. Within funds available under title III of this Act, but not to exceed $100,000, and under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe, the Department of Defense may, in addition to allowances currently available, make payments for travel and transportation expenses of the surviving spouse, children, parents, and brothers and sisters of any member of the Armed Forces of the United States, who dies as the result of an injury or disease incurred in line of duty to attend the funeral of such member in any case in which the funeral of such member is more than 200 miles from the residence of the surviving spouse, children, parents or brothers and sisters, if such spouse, children, parents or brothers and sisters, as the case may be, are financially unable to pay their own travel and transportation expenses to attend the funeral of such member. SEC. 799F. (a) Not later than June 1, 1984, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Office") shall review the procurement practices, regulations, and reform proposals and programs of the Department of Defense relat- ing to the procurement of spare parts for weapon systems and shall transmit to the Congress a report on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Office relating to such matters. The report shall include (1) an evaluation of the adequacy of the reform propos- als and programs to promote practices and the development of directives which will achieve control of costs, economy, and effi- ciency in the procurement of such spare parts and (2) such recom- mendations for legislation with respect to the procurement of such spare parts as the Office considers appropriate. (b)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall furnish to the Office such information on the practices, regulations, and reform proposals and programs of the Department of Defense relating to the procurement of spare parts for weapon systems as the Office considers necessary to carry out subsection (a). (2) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall furnish to the Office such information on the practices of the Department of Defense in procuring spare parts for weapon systems as the Inspector General acquires during his audits of such practices and the Office considers necessary to carry out subsection (a). (c) The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall have reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the report required by subsection (a) before the report is transmitted to the Congress. The comments of the Inspector General shall be included in such report. SEC. 799G. It is the sense of the Congress that competition, which is necessary to enhance innovation, effectiveness, and efficiency, and which has served our Nation so well in other spheres of political and economic endeavor, should be expanded and increased in the provi- sion of our national defense. SEC. 799H. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds appropriated by this Act shall be expended for the research, development, test, evaluation or procurement for integration of a nuclear warhead into the Joint Tactical Missile System (JTACMS). Surviving family members, funeral transportation expenses. Ante, p. 1423. Weapon systems, spare-parts procure ment review. Report to Congress. Joint Tactical Missile System, prohibition.

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