Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 1.djvu/743

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PUBLIC LAW 106-259—AUG. 9, 2000 114 STAT. 707 SEC. 8154. In addition to amounts appropriated elsewhere in this Act, $1,650,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, only for a competitively awarded grant to a medical research institution for research among persons who served on active duty in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War on: (1) the possible health effect of exposure to low levels of hazardous chemicals, including chemical warfare agents and other substances; and (2) the individual susceptibility of humans to such exposure under environmentally controlled conditions. SEC. 8155. In addition to the amounts appropriated elsewhere in this Act, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense shall make available a grant of $2,000,000 to the Oakland Military Institute, Oakland, California. SEC. 8156. In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, the amount of $10,000,000 is hereby appropriated for "Operation and Maintenance, Army" and shall be available to the Secretary of the Army, notwithstanding any other provision of law, only to be provided as a grant to the City of San Bernardino, California, contingent on the resolution of the case "City of San Bernardino v. United States", pending as of July 1, 2000, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California (CD. Cal. Case No. CV 96-8867). SEC. 8157. The Secretary of Defense may transfer, at no cost, the title/ownership of the alloying material being stored at the Brownfield site in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to the Bethlehem Development Corporation: Provided, That the net proceeds from the disposition of the materials are only for redevelopment of the Brownfield site. SEC. 8158. In addition to amounts provided in this Act, $2,000,000 is hereby appropriated for "Defense Health Program", to remain available for obligation until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the needs of military family members when confronted with the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military beneficiary. SEC. 8159. The Office of Economic Adjustment may amend a grant awarded in 1998 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Industrial Modernization of Philadelphia Shipyard for the purpose of undertaking community economic adjustment activities to provide for the acquisition of equipment that would further the overall purpose of the grant: Provided, That such amendment shall not increase the grant period or the total amount of the grant award and shall be deemed, for all purposes, to be within the scope of the original grant. SEC. 8160. The appropriation under the heading "Defense Reinvestment for Economic Growth" in the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-50) is amended by striking 107 Stat. 250. "that date" and inserting "December 1, 2004": Provided, That the Effective date. amendment made by this section shall be effective as of July 2, 1993.