Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 2.djvu/236

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105 STAT. 1188 PUBLIC LAW 102-172—NOV. 26, 1991 Fellowships and scholarships. Contracts. Foreign relations. Reports. C!omputer technology. 10 USC 113 note. SEC. 8070A. (a) Of the amounts available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1992, not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowships to be awarded on a competitive basis by the Secretary of Defense to United States citizens or nationals pursuing advanced degrees in fields of primary concern and interest to the Department. (b) Fellowships awarded pursuant to subsection (a) above shall not be restricted on the basis of the geographical locations in the United States of the institutions at which the recipients are pursuing the aforementioned advanced degrees. (c) Not less than 50 per centum of the funds necessary to carry out this section shall be derived from the amounts available for the University Research Initiatives Program in "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Agencies", and the balance necessary shall be derived from amounts available for Defense Research Sciences under title IV of this Act. SEC. 8071. Funds appropriated by this Act for the American Forces Information Service shall not be used for any national or international political or psychological activities. SEC. 8072. None of the unobligated balances available in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund during fiscal year 1992 may be obligated or expended to finance any grant or contract to conduct research, development, test, and evaluation activities for the development or production of advanced materials, unless amounts for such purposes are specifically appropriated in a subsequent appropriations Act. SEC. 8072A. (a) As stated in section 3(5)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2402(5)(A)), it is the policy of the United States to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries against other countries friendly to the United States or against any other United States person. 03)(1) Consistent with the policy referred to in subsection (a), no Department of Defense prime contract in excess of the small purchase threshold, as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11)), may be awarded to a foreign person, company, or entity unless that person, company, or entity certifies to the Secretary of Defense that it does not comply with the secondary Arab boycott of Israel. (2) The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in paragraph (1) in specific instances when the Secretary determines that the waiver is necessary in the national security interests of the United States. Within 15 days after the end of each calendar quarter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report identifying each contract for which a waiver was granted under this paragraph during such quarter. (3) This provision does not apply to contracts for consumable supplies, provisions or services intended to be executed for the support of the United States or of allied forces in a foreign country, nor does it apply to contracts pertaining to any equipment, technology, data, or services for intelligence or classified purposes, or the acquisition or lease thereof by the United States Government in the interests of national security. SEC. 8073. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after June 1, 1991, where cost effective, all Department of Defense software shall be written in the programming language Ada, in the