PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-285 (3) Any legislative recommendations that the Secretary believes could improve the effectiveness of the program. (4) A determination made by the Secretary of Defense indicating which Defense Department agency, office, or other activity should administer, manage, and oversee the loan guarantee program to increase sales of United States defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services, such determination to be made based on the information and analysis provided in the report. SEC. 1082. TRANSIT PASS PROGRAM FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL IN POOR AIR QUALITY AREAS. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ^'§2259. Transit pass program: personnel in poor air quality areas "(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. —To encourage Department of Defense personnel assigned to duty, or employed, in poor air quality areas to use means other than single-occupancy motor vehicles to commute to or from the location of their duty assignments, the Secretary of Defense shall exercise the authority provided in section 7905 of title 5 to establish a program to provide a transit pass benefit under subsection (b)(2)(A) of that section for members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps who are assigned to duty, and to Department of Defense civilian officers and employees who are employed, in a poor air quality area. "(b) POOR AIR QUALITY AREAS.— In this section, the term 'poor air quality area' means an area— "(1) that is subject to the national ambient air quality standards promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 109 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7409); and "(2) that, as determined by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is a nonattainment area with respect to any of those standards.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2259. Transit pass program: personnel in poor air quality areas.". (b) TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the effective date for the transit pass program required under section 2259 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). The effective date so prescribed may not be later than the first day of the first month that begins on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 1083. TRANSFER OF VIETNAM ERA TA-4 AIRCRAFT TO NONPROFIT FOUNDATION. (a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.— The Secretary of the Navy may convey, without consideration, to the nonprofit Collings Foundation of Stow, Massachusetts (in this section referred to as the "foundation"), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to one surplus TA-4 aircraft that is flyable or that can be readily
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