SEC. 8118. [112 Stat. 2331] During the current fiscal year and hereafter, no funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Defense may be used to award a contract to, extend a contract with, or approve the award of a subcontract to any person who within the preceding 15 years has been convicted under section 704 of title 18, United States Code, of the unlawful manufacture or sale of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

SEC. 8126. [10 U.S.C. 2401a note] (a) The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force may each enter into one or more multiyear leases of nontactical firefighting equipment, nontactical crash rescue equipment, or nontactical snow removal equipment. The period of a lease entered into under this section shall be for any period not in excess of 10 years. Any such lease shall provide that performance under the lease during the second and subsequent years of the contract is contingent upon the appropriation of funds and shall provide for a cancellation payment to be made to the lessor if such appropriations are not made.

(b) Lease payments made under subsection (a) shall be made from amounts provided in this or future appropriations Acts.

(c) This section is effective for all fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1998.

*

*

*

*

*

SEC. 8008. [10 U.S.C. 2306b note] (a) None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, unless the congressional defense committees have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to the limits of the Government's liability: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract can be terminated without 10-day prior notification to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared to an annual pro

curement.

Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used for multiyear procurement contracts as follows:

Apache Longbow radar;
AV-8B aircraft; and

Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles.

(b) None of the funds provided in this Act and hereafter may be used to submit to Congress (or to any committee of Congress) a request for authority to enter into a contract covered by those provisions of subsection (a) that precede the first proviso of that subsection unless

(1) such request is made as part of the submission of the President's Budget for the United States Government for any fiscal year and is set forth in the Appendix to that budget as part of proposed legislative language for appropriations bills for the next fiscal year; or

(2) such request is formally submitted by the President as a budget amendment; or

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997

(As contained in section 101(b) of P.L. 104–208, approved Sept. 30, 1996)

SEC. 8118. [110 Stat. 3009-113] The Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor, shall take such steps as required to ensure that those Department of Defense contractors and other entities subject to section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code are aware of, and in compliance with, the requirements of that section regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that those Department of Defense contractors and other entities subject to section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code which have contracts with the Department of Defense are notified of the potential penalties associated with failure to comply with these annual reporting requirements (including potential suspension or debarment from federal contracting): Provided further, [omitted report require

ment].

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1994

(P.L. 103–139, approved Nov. 11, 1993)

SEC. 8105. [31 U.S.C. 1343 note] During the current fiscal year and thereafter, monetary limitations on the purchase price of a passenger motor vehicle shall not apply to vehicles purchased for intelligence activities conducted pursuant to Executive Order 12333 or successor orders.