Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 2.djvu/521

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PUBLIC LAW 103-139—NOV. 11, 1993 107 STAT. 1473 to the provisions of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXDC of Public Law 101-510), (2) is in the process of implementing a conversion or reuse strategy for the installation to tsQce effect upon closure, and (3) has received some funds from the Department of Defense for the purpose of implementing the conversion or reuse strategy. SEC. 8139. It is the sense of the Congress that operators of industrial facilities at military installations closed after the date of the enactment of this Act should be permitted to qualify as offerors for (1) proposed Department of Defense contracts for overhaul services for the Armed Forces, and (2) proposed Department of Defense contracts for depot-level maintenance of material for the.Ajined Forces. SEC. 8140. It is the sense of the Senate that the Government Saudi Arabia. of the United States and the Government of Saudi Arabia should work diligently and without delay to resolve satisfactorily the outstanding commercial disputes identified in the Department of Commerce letter; date May 27, 1992: Provided, That not later Reports. than February 1, 1994, the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit a report to the Congress on the status of the process for the resolution of commercial disputes in Saudi Arabia and the prognosis for any of the disputes which remain unresolved. SEC. 8141. It is the sense of the Congress that— (a) the Secretary-^ of the Air Force consider the comments of the appropriate representatives of the Duck Valley Reservation of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes in making decisions on use of airspace above such reservation, (b) the interests of the Duck Valley Reservation of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes receive the appropriate consideration under any pending or future National Environmental Policy Act process involving airspace over Duck Valley Reservation, and (c) to the extent practicable, airspace used for military training flights below 15,000 feet above ground level over the Duck Valley Reservation shall be over uninhabited areas of the Reservation. SEC. 8142. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, for purposes Somalia. of section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the President should declare that service in Somalia during the period described in subsection (b) should be treated as service in a combat zone. (b) The period referred to in subsection (a) is the period beginning on December 10, 1992, and ending on the date on which withdrawal from Somalia of all forces of the Armed Forces of the United States in Somalia has been completed, as declared in a proclamation issued by the President. SEC. 8143. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy shall obligate the funds appropriated for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for the USH-42 Mission Recorder program within the A-6 aircraft program: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy verifies that the mission recorder is required in the future for Navy aircraft for peacetime training and bomb damage assessment in combat: Provided further. That the Secretary shall make this verification within thirty days of this Act becoming law: Provided further, That the Secretary shall obligate such funds within thirty days of this verification that the mission recorder Mission recorder.