PUBLIC LAW 105-262—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2333 10 USC 7291 note. any claim against a contractor in connection with construction of the memorial shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.". SEC. 8123. Of the funds available under title VI for "Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army" for research and development, $18,000,000 shall be made available for the program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997) for demonstrations of technologies under the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, for planning and preparation to proceed from demonstration of an alternative technology immediately into the development of a pilot-scale facility for the technology, and for the design, construction, and operation of a pilot facility for the technology. SEC. 8124. The Secretary of the Navy may carry out a competitively awarded vessel scrapping pilot program during fiscal years 1999 and 2000 using funds made available in this Act under the heading "Operation and Maintenance, Navy": Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall define the program scope sufficient to gather data on the cost of scrapping Government vessels and to demonstrate cost-effective technologies and techniques to scrap such vessels in a manner that is protective of worker safety and health and the environment. SEC. 8125. From within the funds provided under the heading "Operation and Maintenance, Army", up to $500,000 shall be available for paying subcontractors and suppliers for work performed at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in 1994, under Army services contract number DACA85-93-C -0065. Subcontractors and suppliers are to be paid interest calculated in accordance with the Contract Dispute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601-613). SEC. 8126. (a) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force may each enter into one or more multiyear leases of nontactical firefighting equipment, nontactical crash rescue equipment, or nontactical snow removal equipment. The period of a lease entered into under this section shall be for any period not in excess of 10 years. Any such lease shall provide that performance under the lease during the second and subsequent years of the contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds and shall provide for a cancellation payment to be made to the lessor if such appropriations are not made. (b) Lease pa3mtients made under subsection (a) shall be made from amounts provided in this or future appropriations Acts. (c) This section is effective for all fiscal years beginning after Effective date. September 30, 1998. SEC. 8127. From within funds available for the Department of Defense under title VI of this Act for "Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Arm/', or the unobligated balances of funds available for "Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense", under any other Act making appropriations for military functions administered by the Department of Defense for any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense may use not more than $25,000,000 for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment to complete the demonstration of alternatives to baseline incineration for the destruction of chemical agents and munitions and to carry out the pilot program under section 8065 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997 (section 101(b) of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-101; 50 U.S.C. 1521 note). The amount specified 10 USC 2401a note.
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