Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 111 Part 2.djvu/166

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Ill STAT. 1246 PUBLIC LAW 105-56 —OCT. 8, 1997 The budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1999, and subsequent fiscal years, shall provide complete, detailed estimates for the incremental costs of such expansion. SEC. 8117. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with a contractor that is subject to the reporting requirement set forth in subsection (d) of section 4212 of title 38, United States Code, but has not submitted the most recent report required by such subsection for 1997 or a subsequent year. SEC. 8118. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to approve or license the sale of the F-22 advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government. SEC. 8119. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for the United States Man and the Biosphere Program, or related projects. SEC. 8120. Up to $4,500,000 of funds available to the Department of Defense may be available for the payment of claims for loss and damage to personal property suffered as a direct result of the flooding in the Red River Basin during April and May, 1997 by members of the Armed Forces residing in the vicinity of Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, without regard to the provisions of section 3721(e) of title 31, United States Code. SEC. 8121. Of the total amount appropriated under title II for the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy shall make $25,000,000 available for a program to demonstrate expanded use of multitechnology automated reader cards throughout the Navy and the Marine Corps, including demonstration of the use of the so-called "smartship" technology of the ship-to-shore work load/off load program. SEC. 8122. (a) FINDINGS. —< 1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, at the Madrid summit, decided to admit three new members, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. (2) The President, on behalf of the United States endorsed and advocated the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to include three additional members. (3) The Senate will consider the ratification of instruments to approve the admissions of new members to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (4) The United States has contributed more than $20,000,000,000 since 1952 for infrastructure and support of the Alliance. (5) In appropriations Acts considered by the Congress for fiscal year 1998, $449,000,000 has been requested by the President for expenditures in direct support of United States participation in the Alliance. (6) In appropriations Acts considered by the Congress for fiscal year 1998, $9,983,300,000 has been requested by the President in support of United States military expenditures in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— The Secretary of Defense shall identify and report to the congressional defense committees not later than October 1, 1997— (1) the amounts necessary, by appropriation account, for all anticipated costs to the United States for the admission