Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 113 Part 1.djvu/737

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PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 713 SEC. 819. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT IN PURCHASES OF STRENGTH TRAINING EQUIPMENT. (a) REVIEW REQUIRED.— The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall conduct a review to determine the extent to which the purchases described in subsection (b) are being made in compliance with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). (b) PURCHASES COVERED. —The review shall cover purchases, made during the review period, of free weights and other exercise equipment for use in strength training by members of the Armed Forces stationed at defense installations located in the United States (including its territories and possessions). For purposes of the preceding sentence, the review period is the period beginning on April 1, 1998, and ending on March 31, 2000. Purchases not in excess of the micro-purchase threshold shall be excluded from the review. (c) REPORT.— Not later than December 31, 2000, the Secretary Deadline. of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the review. (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) The term "free weights" means dumbbells or solid metallic disks balanced on crossbars, designed to be lifted for strength training or athletic competition. (2) The term "micro-purchase threshold" means the amount specified in section 32(f) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 428(f)). SEC. 820. REPORT ON OPTIONS FOR ACCELERATED ACQUISITION OF PRECISION MUNITIONS. (a) FINDINGS. —Congress finds the following: (1) Current Department of Defense inventories of many types of precision munitions do not meet the requirements for such munitions under the National Military Strategy that the Department of Defense have the capability to conduct two nearly simultaneous Major Theater Wars, and with respect to some types of precision munitions, those requirements will not be met even after planned acquisitions are complete. (2) Production lines for certain t5^es of critical precision munitions have been shut down, and the start-up production of replacement precision munitions leaves a critical gap in acquisition of follow-on precision munitions. (3) Shortages of conventional air-launched cruise missiles during Operation Allied Force (conducted against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999) and the necessity to replenish inventories of land-attack Tomahawk cruise missiles following that operation indicate the critical need to maintsdn sufficient inventories of precision munitions. (b) REPORT. — Not later than February 15, 2000, the Secretary Deadline, of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the requirements of the Department of Defense for precision munitions under the National Military Strategy that the Department of Defense have the capability to conduct two nearly simultaneous Major Theater Wars. The report shall include the following: (1) The effect of recent conflicts on the shift to precision munitions of targets previously allocated to nonprecision munitions in the inventory requirements process. 69-194-01-24:QL3Parti