Pub. L. 101-511, tit. VIII, sec. 8009

Sec. 8009. (a) None of the funds available to the Department of Defense in this Act shall be used by the Secretary of a military department to purchase coal or coke from foreign nations for use at United States defense facilities in Europe when coal from the United States is available. (b) None of the funds available to the Department of Defense in this Act shall be utilized for the conversion of heating plants from coal to oil or coal to natural gas at defense facilities in Europe, except as provided in section 2690 of title 10, United States Code, and thirty days after the Secretary of Defense has notified the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives: Provided, That this limitation shall apply to any authority granted pursuant to section 9008 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1990. (c) None of the funds available to the Department of Defense in this Act shall be used to enter into any agreement or contract to convert any heating facility at military installations in the Kaiserslautern Military Community (KMC) in the Federal Republic of Germany to district heat, direct natural gas, or other sources of fuel, except as provided in section 2690 of title 10, United States Code, and thirty days after the Secretary of Defense has notified the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, and until the Secretary of the Air Force has (1) ensured that the United States coal industry has had the opportunity to provide thermal energy supply to the KMC facilities through participation in a competitive solicitation for proposals for a third-party thermal energy supply, provided such solicitation allows evaluation of innovative technical proposals such as cogeneration to enhance the cost-effectiveness of coal derived thermal energy; (2) thoroughly evaluated the cost-effectiveness of all proposals received; (3) submitted evaluation results to the General Accounting Office for review; and (4) notified the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives of the evaluation results.