113 STAT. 1254 PUBLIC LAW 106-79 —OCT. 25, 1999 10 USC 1073 note. Deadline. drug reconnaissance missions for Federal, State, and local government agencies; for administrative costs, including the hiring of Civil Air Patrol Corporation employees; for travel and per chem expenses of Civil Air Patrol Corporation personnel in support of those missions; and for equipment needed for mission support or performaince: Provided, That of these funds, $300,000 shall be made available to establish and operate a distance learning program: Provided further, That the Department of the Air Force should waive reimbursement from the Federal, State, and local government agencies for the use of these funds. SEC. 8095. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the TRICARE meinaged care support contracts in effect, orxin final stages of acquisition as of September 30, 1999, may be extended for 2 years: Provided, That any such extension may only take place if the Secretsiry of Defense determines that it is in the best interest of the Government: Provided further, That any contract extension shall be based on the price in the final best and final offer for the last year of the existing contract as adjusted for inflation and other factors mutually agreed to by the contractor and the Government: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all future TRICARE managed care support contracts replacing contracts in effect, or in the final stages of acquisition as of September 30, 1999, may include a base contract period for transition and up to seven 1-year option periods. SEC. 8096. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate an employee of the Department of Defense who initiates a new start program without notification to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Management and Budget, and the congressional defense committees, as required by Dep£Qi;merit of Defense financial management regulations. SEC. 8097. In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Office of the Secretary of IDefense, and is available only for a grant to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Inc., only for costs associated with completion of the "Women in Militeuy Service For America" memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. SEC. 8098. TSLAINING AND OTHER PROGRAMS, (a) PROfflsiTiON. — None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to support any training progreun involving a unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of Defense has received credible information from the Dep£u*tment of State that the unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken. (b) MONITORING. —The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall ensure that prior to a decision to conduct any training program referred to in subsection (a), full consideration is given to all credible information avEulable to the Department of State relating to hmnan rights violations by foreign security forces. (c) WAIVER.— The Secretary of Defense, Eifter consvdtation with the Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in subsection (a) if he determines that such waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances. (d) REPORT.— Not more than 15 days after the exercise of any waiver under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees describing the
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