Pub. L. 95-485, tit. VIII, sec. 814
restriction on contracting out commercial and industrial type functions
restriction on contracting out commercial and industrial type functions Sec. 814. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives providing the details of any proposed change in policy or regulations, from those in effect before June 30, 1976, regarding the determination of whether commercial or industrial type functions at Department of Defense installations located in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Guam should be performed by Department of Defense personnel or by private contractors during the period beginning on October 1, 1978, and ending on September 30, 1979. (b) No commercial or industrial type function at any Department of Defense installation referred to in subsection (a) shall be performed by private contractors unless such contractor performance began before the date of the enactment of this Act or performance would have been allowed by the policy and regulations in effect before June 30, 1976. The prohibition in the preceding sentence shall apply until the end of the sixty-day period beginning on the date the report required by subsection (a) is received by the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives.