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H.R. 1282 · 102nd Congress · enacted

Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1991

Became Public Law No: 102-28.

Latest official action 1991-04-10 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1991 - Makes FY 1991 supplemental appropriations for incremental costs of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) associated with operations in and around the Persian Gulf area known as Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Appropriates such funds to the Persian Gulf Regional Defense Fund, which is established in the Treasury. Appropriates additional funds from current and future balances in the Defense Cooperation Account. Makes such funds available only for transfers by the Secretaries of Defense or Transportation, with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to the following accounts in DOD: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance; (3) procurement; (4) research, development, test, and evaluation; (5) revolving and management funds; (6) combat costs of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; (7) military construction, Army; and (8) Coast Guard operating expenses. Directs the Secretary of Defense, in administering the Fund, to use the corpus of the Fund only to the extent that amounts from the Defense Cooperation Account are not currently available. Requires the Secretary to transfer certain amounts from the Account to the Fund in order to maintain a minimum corpus balance. States that the authority to transfer funds from…

Congressional Research Service · 1991-03-22

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