[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 942 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 942

  To repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Navy maintain a 
                   dairy farm for the Naval Academy.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 1997

  Mr. Harkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Navy maintain a 
                   dairy farm for the Naval Academy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF OPERATIONS AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY DAIRY FARM.

    (a) Termination Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall cease to 
operate the Naval Academy Dairy Farm, Gambrills, Maryland, in a cost-
effective manner that takes into consideration local needs and 
interests.
    (b) Repeal of Requirement To Maintain Dairy Farm.--Section 810 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act, 1968 (Public Law 90-110; 
81 Stat. 309) is repealed.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 6971(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (A) by striking out paragraph (5); and
            (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (5).
    (2) Section 2105(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out ``except an individual employed by the Academy dairy,''.
    (d) Savings Provision.--Section 6971 of title 10, United States 
Code, and section 2105(b) of title 5, United States Code, as such 
sections were in effect before the amendments made by subsection (c), 
shall continue to apply to the Naval Academy Dairy Farm and employees 
of the Naval Academy Dairy Farm, respectively, for as long as the Naval 
Academy Dairy Farm is operated as the Naval Academy Dairy Farm.
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