Pub. L. 101-511, tit. VIII, sec. 8037

Sec. 8037. Of the funds appropriated to the Army, $46,904,000 shall be available only for the Reserve Component Automation System (RCAS): Provided, That none of these funds can be expended: (1) except as approved by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau; (2) unless RCAS resource management functions are performed by the National Guard Bureau; (3) unless the RCAS contract source selection official is the Chief of the National Guard Bureau; (4) to pay the salary of an RCAS program manager who has not been selected and approved by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and chartered by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and the Secretary of the Army; (5) unless the Program Manager (PM) charter makes the PM accountable to the source selection official and fully defines his authority, responsibility, reporting channels and organizational structure; (6) to pay the salaries of individuals assigned to the RCAS program management office, source selection evaluation board, and source selection advisory board unless such organizations are comprised of personnel chosen jointly by the Chiefs of the National Guard Bureau and the Army Reserve; (7) to award a contract for development or acquisition of RCAS unless such contract is competitively awarded under procedures of OMB Circular A-109 for an integrated system consisting of software, hardware, and communications equipment and unless such contract precludes the use of Government furnished equipment, operating systems, and executive and applications software; and (8) unless RCAS performs its own classified information processing.