Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 2.djvu/396

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105 STAT. 1348 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 7 USC 426 SEC. 348. PREVENTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF BROWN TREE note. SNAKES ON AIRCRAFT AND VESSELS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. The Secretary of Defense shall take such action as may be necessary to prevent the inadvertent introduction of brown tree snakes from Guam to Hawaii in aircraft and vessels transporting personnel or cargo for the Department of Defense. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consider the use of sniffer or tracking dogs, snake traps, and other preventive processes or devices at aircraft and vessel loading facilities in Guam or Hawaii or at intermediate transit points for personnel or cargo transported between Guam and Hawaii. SEC. 349. DONATION OF CERTAIN SCRAP METAL TO THE MEMORIAL FUND FOR DISASTER RELIEF. (a) DONATION AUTHORIZED. —Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1941 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) or any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense may donate not more than 15 tons of cruise missile scrap generated by the INF Treaty destruction requirements and managed by the Defense Logistics Agency at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona, to the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. (b) INF TREATY DEFINED.— For purposes of this section, the term "INF Treaty" means the Treaty Between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed in Washington, D.C., on December 8, 1987. SEC. 350. MANAGEMENT OF MARITIME PREPOSITIONING SHIP PRO- GRAMS. (a) PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY. —Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Commandant of the Marine Corps shall have the primary responsibility within the Department of Defense for managing the maritime prepositioning ship programs of the Department of Defense during fiscal years 1993 and 1994. (b) CHANGE IN PERSON RESPONSIBLE.—The Secretary of Defense may give the primary responsibility referred to in subsection (a) to a person other than the Commandant of the Marine Corps with respect to a fiscal year if, not later than May 1 of the year in which that fiscal year begins, the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that— (1) the Navy's funding of maritime prepositioning ship programs is adequate to meet Marine Corps requirements for that fiscal year; and (2) the Navy's maritime prepositioning ship program meets the requirements of the combatant commands for that fiscal year. (c) CONSULTATION. —Before making a certification under subsection G)), the Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the commanders of the combatant commands having responsibility for conducting or relying on mobility force operations.