Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 1.djvu/670

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105 STAT. 642 PUBLIC LAW 102-136—OCT. 25, 1991 SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 111. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished in Japan or in any NATO member country, unless such contracts are awarded to United States firms or United States firms in joint venture with host nation firms. SEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for military construction in the United States territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Island may be used to award any contract estimated by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 per centum. SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense is to inform the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on Armed Services of the plans and scope of any proposed military exercise involving United States personnel thirty days prior to its occurring, if amounts expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, are anticipated to exceed $100,000. (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. 114. Unexpended balances in the Military Family Housing Management Account established pursuant to section 2831 of title 10, United States Code, as well as any additional amounts which would otherwise be transferred to the Military Family Housing Management Account during fiscal year 1992, shall be transferred to the appropriations for Family Housing provided in this Act, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, based on the sources from which the funds were derived, and shall be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which they have been transferred. SEC. 115. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year. (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. 116. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for construction in prior years are hereby made available for construction authorized for each such military department by the authorizations enacted into law during the first session of the One Hundred Second Congress. Reports. ggc. 117. The Secretary of Defense is to provide the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives with a report by February 15, 1992, containing details of the specific actions proposed to be taken by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 1992 to encourage other member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Japan and Korea to assume a greater share of the common defense burden of such nations and the United States. SEC. 118. For military construction or family housing projects that are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed for