CODIFICATION OF PROVISION RELATING TO OVERSEAS WORKLOAD PROGRAM.

SEC. 1431. CODIFICATION OF PROVISION RELATING TO OVERSEAS WORKLOAD PROGRAM. (a) Codification.—(1) Chapter 138 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2348 the following new section: “§ 2349. Overseas Workload Program “(a) In General.—A firm of any member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or of any major non-NATO ally shall be eligible to bid on any contract for the maintenance, repair, or overhaul of equipment of the Department of Defense located outside the United States to be awarded under competitive procedures as part of the program of the Department of Defense known as the Overseas Workload Program. “(b) Site of Performance.—A contract awarded to a firm described in subsection (a) may be performed in the theater in which the equipment is normally located or in the country in which the firm is located. “(c) Exceptions.—The Secretary of a military department may restrict the geographic region in which a contract referred to in subsection (a) may be performed if the Secretary determines that performance of the contract outside that specific region— “(1) could adversely affect the military preparedness of the armed forces; or “(2) would violate the terms of an international agreement to which the United States is a party. “(d) Definition.—In this section, the term ‘major non-NATO ally’ has the meaning given that term in section 2350a(i)(3) of this title.”. 107 STAT. 1833 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2348 the following new item: “2349. Overseas Workload Program.”. (b) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Section 1465 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1700) is repealed. (2) Section 9130 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–396; 106 Stat. 1935), is amended— (A) in subsection (b), by striking out “, or thereafter,”; and (B) in subsection (d), by striking out “or thereafter” each place it appears.