PUBLIC LAW 103-139—NOV. 11, 1993 107 STAT. 1457 SEC. 8070A Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any statutorily-required analysis of the impact on the defense technology and industrial base of terminations and significant reductions of major research and development programs and procurement programs of the Department of Defense shall address only those actions recommended by the Defense Department in its annual budget request and amendments thereto, supplemental requests, or proposed rescissions. SEC. 8071. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 10 USC 2774 Secretary of Defense may, when he considers it in the best interest ^°^^- of the United States, cancel any part of an indebtedness, up to $2,500, that is or was owed to the United States by a member or former member of a uniformed service if such indebtedness, as determined by the Secretary, was incurred in connection with Operation Desert Shield/Storm: Provided, That the amount of an indebtedness previously paid by a member or former member and cancelled under this section shall be refunded to the member. SEC. 8072. Appropriations contained in this Act that remain available at the end of the current fiscal year as a result of energy cost savings realized by the Department of Defense shall remain available for obligation for the next fiscal year to the extent, and for the purposes, provided in section 2865 of title 10, United States Code. SEC. 8073. During the current fiscal year, voluntary separation incentives payable under 10 U.S.C. 1175 may be paid in such amounts as are necessary from the assets of the Voluntary Separation Incentive Fund established by section 1175(h)(l). (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. 8074. Amounts deposited during fiscal years 1993 and 1994 to the special account established under 40 U.S.C. 485(h)(2) and to the special account established under 10 U.S.C. 2667(d)(l) are appropriated and shall be available until transferred by the Secretary of Defense to current applicable appropriations or funds of the Department of Defense under the terms and conditions specified by 40 U.S.C. 485(h)(2)(A) and (B) and 10 U.S.C. 2667(d)(l)(B), to be merged with and to be available for the same time period and the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred. SEC. 8075. In order to maintain an electric furnace capacity Minerals and in the United States, preference for the purchase of chromite ore Manufacturing and manganese ore authorized for disposal from the National Defense Stockpile shall be given to domestic producers of high carbon ferrochromium and high carbon ferromanganese— (A) whose primary output during the three preceding years has been ferrocnromium or ferromanganese; and (B) who guarantee to use the chromite and manganese ore for domestic purposes. SEC. 8075A. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be available for the preparation of studies on— (a) the feasibility of removal and transportation of unitary chemical weapons from the eight chemical storage sites within the continental United States: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to non-stockpile material in the United States or to studies needed for environmental analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act, or for General Account-
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