PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985
99 STAT. 601
"(3) 'Defense committees' means the Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "2362. Testing requirements: wheeled or tracked armored vehicles.".
(b) ESnracnvK DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 10 USC 2362 note. shall take effect on January 1, 1987. SEC. 124. SALE OF L119 HOWITZERS OVERSEAS (a) LniiTATTON ON SALE TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—Howitzers United Kingdom. designated as L119 howitzers that are produced by a United States arsenal may be sold to a friendly foreign government only if not less than 30 percent of the doUar value of such howitzers is produced in the United Kingdom, as follows: (1) Five percent of the dollar value consists of basic issue items. (2) Ten percent of the dollar value consists of fire control items. (3) Fifteen percent of the dollar value consists of commercial items. (b) PERIOD OF APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) applies only during the period of coproduction of the L119 howitzer, as determined joinuy liy the United States and the United Kingdom. SEC. 12Su RESTRICTIONS ON PURCHASE OF 5-TON TRUCKS (a) TESTING OF COMPETING ENGINES BEFORE CONTRACT AWARD.—
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b)( the Secretary of the Army may not enter into a new contract for the procurement of 5-ton trucks for the Army until the Secretary certifies to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives that each truck engine described in paragraph (2) has been tested as provided in paragraph (3). (2) The truck engines referred to in paragraph (1) are engines that— (A) meet the specifications of the Army for engines for 5-ton trucks; and (B) are commercial^ available from sources competing for the award of a contract tor the supply of engines to the Army for the 5-ton trucks that are to be procured under a multiyear contract that is to succeed the multiyear contract referred to in subsection Oi>). (3) The testing referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried out in &-ton trucks configured in the M939 validated technical data package of the Army and shall include tests to determine— (A) whetiier the engine is durable after testing in a mission profile for at least 20,000 miles; and (B) whether the performance reliability of the engine for high ambient temperature cooling, cold starting, deep water fording, grade climbing, and noise is acceptable. (b) AUTHORITY FOR EXTENSION OF EXISTING MULTIYEAR CON-
TRACT.—(1) The Secretary of the Army may extend for a period not to exceed 18 months the multiyear contract for the procurement of 5-ton trucks that is in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Funds available to the Army for the procurement of &-ton trucks during fiscal year 1985 and funds appropriated for the
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