Pub. L. 101-165, tit. IX, sec. 9013

Sec. 9013. (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) Except as provided in 10 U.S.C. 2690, United States Code, and thirty days after the Secretary of Defense has notified the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, 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: Provided, That this limitation shall apply to any authority granted pursuant to section 9008 of this Act. (c) Except (1) as provided in 10 U.S.C. 2690, 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 (2) that all conversions at the Wiesbaden and Kaiserslautern Military Communities shall be held in abeyance until August 15, 1990, in order for the Secretary of the Air Force to thoroughly evaluate the requirement for and cost-effectiveness of the proposal to convert these systems to third-party cogeneration systems using American coal and until the General Accounting Office has reviewed the findings of the Defense Department, after which date the Weisbaden and Kaiserslautern Military Communities may be converted under (1) above, none of the funds available to the Department of Defense in the Act shall be used to enter into any agreement or contract to convert a heating facility at military installations in Europe to district heat, direct natural gas, or other sources of fuel.