Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982

(Reported to Senate from the Committee on Armed Services with amendment, S. Rept. 97-58) Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for the Armed Forces for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons. Sets conditions for the obligation of funds for the following programs: (1) Companion Trainer Aircraft Program; (2) Sealift vessels; (3) XM-1 Battle Tank; (4) Fighting Vehicle System; and (5) Light Armored Vehicles. Permits the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Program, to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by other personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges for fiscal year 1982. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 1982. Requires the Secretary of the Army to report to the appropriate Congressional committees a comprehensive evaluation of reasonable alternatives to the Standoff Target Acquisition System. Requires the Secretary of the Navy to assume full responsibility for the development of lightweight armored vehicles for use by ground combat forces. Sets conditions for the obligation of funds for the following programs: (1)ships, submarines, and boat technology; and (2) the MX Missile. Provides for veto of funding by passage by both Houses of Congress of a resolution disapproving the President's decisions on the M-X missiles basing mode within 60 days after receipt of a Presidential report containing such decisions. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard) and for other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance purposes. Authorizes additional sums for increases in benefits for civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Title IV: Active Forces - Establishes end strength levels for fiscal year 1982 for active duty personnel for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the Air Force. Extends through fiscal year 1982 the limitation on the number of non-high school graduates with no prior military service that may be enlisted or inducted into the armed forces. Title V: Reserve Forces - Establishes average strengths for fiscal year 1982 for: (1) the Army National Guard; (2) the Army Reserve; (3) the Naval Reserve; (4) the Marine Corps Reserve; (5) the Air National Guard; (6) the Air Force Reserve; and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve. Sets forth the number of Reserves serving on full-time active duty to administer, recruit, or train the Reserve components. Provides for the adjustment of average strength levels in the national interest and as specified. Increases the number of enlisted personnel who may be on active duty in support of the Reserve components for fiscal year 1982. Title VI: Civilian Personnel - Establishes an end strength level for civilian personnel for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1982. Specifies the apportionment of such personnel among the various military branches and departments. Requires the Secretary of the Army to report to Congress on the utilization of such personnel within 60 days. Specifies the types of civilian employees to be included in such end levels. Permits the Secretary to increase the number of civilian personnel beyond the authorized end strength as specified. Exempts from certain reporting requirements the conversion to private contractors of commercial and industrial type functions performed by fewer than 50 Department of Defense Personnel. Title VII: Military Training Student Loads - Establishes average military training student loads for fiscal year 1982. Title VIII: Attack-Related Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Amends such Act to increase the amount that may be contributed to States for personnel and administrative expenses. Title IX: General Provisions - Sets conditions for the obligation of funds for the full-scale engineering development or procurement of a long range combat aircraft. Provides for veto of such funding by passage by both Houses of Congress, within 60 days of its receipt, of resolutions disapproving the President's report on such a development or procurement program. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on a comparison of the equitable shares of the mutual defense burdens of the member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and of Japan. Requires the annual authorization of appropriations for procurement of ammunition for the Army and other specified procurement. Repeals the profit limitations on contracts for aircraft and naval vessels. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976, to increase the cancellation ceiling on multiyear procurement contracts. Directs the Secretary of Defense, after considering certain factors, to specify in the Department of Defense request for authorization of appropriations which weapons programs should be procured under multi-year contracts. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to pay a price differential to relieve economic dislocations. Exempts the procurement of automatic data processing equipment or services involving military intelligence matters from laws otherwise applicable to the acquisition of such equipment or services. Prohibits the Department from awarding a sole-source contract in excess of $100,000 except as specified. Eliminates the increase in the retired and retainer pay of members and former members of the uniformed services which would have been effective September 1, 1981. Reformulates the computation of any future increases for such members and for certain employees of the Central Intelligence Agency. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1978, to delay the effective date for establishing a ceiling on the number of senior-grade civilian employees of the Department. Sets forth the management policy for civilian personnel of the Department. Makes the United States liable for specified tort actions of members of the Army or Air National Guard. Establishes a Director of the Defense Security Assistance Agency to advise the Secretary on security assistance matters and to supervise such activities. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress concerning the equipment of the National Guard and the reserve components of the armed forces. Permits the Secretary of Defense to make available to Federal, State, or local civilian law enforcement officials information, equipment, facilities and training and advisory personnel to assist law enforcement efforts. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations concerning the furnishing of and reimbursement for such assistance. Amends the Military Selective Service Act to require any person required to register under such Act to furnish his social security number. Grants the Director of Selective Service access to Federal Government records on any such persons. Authorizes the Secretary to assist in the Yorktown Bicentennial Celebration. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.

(Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 97-311) Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the armed forces for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, other weapons, and the Army National Guard. Specifies contributions to the cost of acquisition of the Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Permits the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the NATO Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO AWACS Program, to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by other personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges for fiscal year 1982. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 1982. Prohibits the appropriation of funds for the development or procurement of a long-range combat aircraft or an operational basing mode for the MX missile if both Houses pass resolutions of disapproval by specified dates. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard) and for other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance purposes. Authorizes additional sums for increases in benefits for civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Prohibits the use of funds to convert military veterinary positions to civilian positions and to contract out an entire medical facility. Title IV: Active Forces - Establishes end strength levels for fiscal year 1982 for active duty personnel for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the Air Force. Extends through fiscal year 1982 the limitation on the number of non-high school graduates with no prior military service who may be enlisted or inducted into the armed forces. Designates Air Force physician assistants as commissioned officers. Repeals the limitation on the number of military dependents permitted to accompany members of the armed forces stationed overseas. Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the appropriate congressional committees quarterly on the number of dependents overseas who did or did not receive travel allowances. Changes the title of Commodore Admiral to Commodore for specified naval officers. Extends for two years the Department of Defense education loan repayment program. Title V: Reserve Forces - Establishes average strengths for fiscal year 1982 for: (1) the Army National Guard; (2) the Army Reserve; (3) the Naval Reserve; (4) the Marine Corps Reserve; (5) the Air National Guard; (6) the Air Force Reserve; and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve. Sets forth the number of Reserves serving on full-time active duty to administer, recruit, or train the Reserve components. Provides for the adjustment of average strength levels in the national interest and as specified. Increases the number of enlisted personnel who may be on active duty in support of the Reserve components for fiscal year 1982. Directs the Secretary to submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing a plan for resolving the existing shortage in pretrained military manpower required for a mobilization. Requires the Secretary to study the impact of using civilian and contract employees not subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice during an emergency. Extends for four years the authority for the selected reserve affiliation bonus. Title VI: Civilian Personnel - Establishes an end strength level for civilian personnel for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1982. Specifies the apportionment of such personnel among the various military branches and departments. Requires the Secretary of the Army to report to Congress on the utilization of such personnel within 60 days. Specifies the types of civilian employees to be included in such end levels. Permits the Secretary to increase the number of civilian personnel beyond the authorized end strength as specified. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to contract with university students for temporary technical support services at defense research and development laboratories. Title VII: Military Training Student Loads - Establishes average military training student loads for fiscal year 1982. Title VIII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Amends such Act to increase the amount that may be contributed to States for personnel and administrative expenses and to permit States to use these funds for both attack-related and disaster-related civil defense. Title IX: General Provisions - Requires the annual authorization of appropriations for procurement of ammunition for the Army and other specified procurement. Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress concerning the equipment of the National Guard and the reserve components of the armed forces. Permits the President to defer the effectiveness of any Department end strength level during a national emergency. Permits the Secretary of Defense to make available to Federal, State, or local civilian law enforcement officials information, equipment, facilities and training and advisory personnel to assist law enforcement efforts. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations concerning the furnishing of and reimbursement for such assistance. Revises the formula for determining Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) payments for charges for services by an individual health care professional. Increases the dollar threshold on defense contracts which may be negotiated by an agency head rather than advertised and bid for. Exempts the procurement of automatic data processing equipment or services involving military intelligence matters from laws otherwise applicable to the acquisition of such equipment or services. Directs the Secretary of Defense to procure services and property through multiyear contracts and other contract forms that will result in reduced costs and increased productivity. Permits cancellation provisions in multiyear contracts to the extent necessary. Requires that the appropriate committees of Congress be given 30 days notice before contracts with a cancellation ceiling above a certain level are awarded. Excludes procurement for the Coast Guard or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from such provisions. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976, to repeal the cancellation ceiling on multiyear procurement contracts. Authorizes the President to regulate excessive profits on defense contracts during a period of war or national emergency. Requires that Congress be given 60 days notice of such regulations which shall be deemed approved unless a concurrent resolution of disapproval is passed. Requires the President to report to Congress annually on the effects of such regulations whenever they are in effect. Repeals the profit limitations on contracts for naval vessels. Permits the Secretary of Defense or the relevant military department to study the suitability for Federal, State, or local use of a military installation slated to be closed. Permits the Secretary to make grants to States and local jurisdictions to ameliorate the economic impact of an established, expanded, or closed military installation. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to pay a price differential to relieve economic dislocations. Prohibits the Secretary of a military department from doing business with a contractor who has been debarred or suspended by another Federal agency. Permits the Secretary to contract with civilian owners of aircraft to have such aircraft modified to carry cargo and become part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. Amends the Military Selective Service Act to authorize a requirement that registrants under such Act to furnish his social security number. Permits the Director of Selective Service access to Federal Government records on any such persons. Requires the Director to furnish directory information to the Secretaries of Defense and Transportation upon request. Requires program managers for each major defense system to report quarterly to the Secretary concerned on the total program acquisition unit cost and any change in schedule milestones or system performances. Directs the Secretary to shut off further funds and notify Congress whenever such unit cost increases by a specified percent. Permits funds to be obligated for an additional limited period if the Secretary details specified reasons or if the system is essential for national security and no alternative exists. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress by a specified date on measures considered necessary to improve efficiency and eliminate waste in the operation of the Department. Authorizes the Secretary to assist in the Yorktown Bicentennial Celebration. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.

(Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H. R. 3519) Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for contribution to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the acquisition of the Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS). Permits the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the NATO Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Program, to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by certain personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges for fiscal year 1982. Prohibits the use of funds to construct or convert naval vessels in foreign shipyards. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 1982. Directs the Secretary of Defense to complete full-scale engineering development and begin procurement of the B-1 manned strategic bomber aircraft to achieve an initial operational capability by July 1, 1987. Requires the Secretary to proceed with research, development, test, and evaluation of an advanced technology bomber aircraft. Makes funds available for the B-1 bomber available for the research, development, and evaluation of the advanced technology bomber if the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is not in the national interest to develop the B-1 and Congress within 60 legislative days of the receipt of such certification adopts a concurrent resolution stating that it approves such determination. Earmarks specified Air Force appropriations for the development of a basing mode for the MX intercontinental ballistic missile system to achieve an initial operational capability by December 31, 1986. Prohibits the use of such appropriations until the President selects and certifies to Congress a specific basing mode which is not disapproved by both Houses of Congress within 60 days. Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the appropriate congressional committees an analysis and justification of the basing mode selected, including a comparison of alternative basing modes. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard) and for other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance purposes. Authorizes additional sums for increases in benefits for civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Defense report annually to Congress on the operations and maintenance of the armed forces for the next fiscal year. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for converting specified military veterinary positions to civilian positions. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to this Act to contract-out an entire medical facility. Earmarks specified navy operation authorizations for the Leased Satellite Communications (LEASAT) system. Title IV: Active Forces - Establishes end strength levels for fiscal year 1982 for active duty personnel for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the Air Force. Limits through fiscal year 1982 the number of non-high school graduates with no prior military service that may be enlisted or inducted into the armed forces. Requires non-graduates to place at or above a minimum percentile on the Armed Forces Qualification Test to be eligible for enlistment. Includes Air Force physician assistants as officers designated to perform professional functions. Repeals the limitation on overseas travel and transportation allowances for dependents of junior enlisted members. Changes the title of new permanent flag grade commodore admirals for the Navy to commodore. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, to extend for two years the pilot Department of Defense educational loan repayment program. Title V: Reserve Forces - Establishes average strengths for fiscal year 1982 for: (1) the Army National Guard; (2) the Army Reserve; (3) the Naval Reserve; (4) the Marine Corps Reserve; (5) the Air National Guard; (6) the Air Force Reserve; and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve. Sets forth the number of Reserves serving on full-time active duty to administer, recruit, or train the Reserve components. Provides for the adjustment of average strength levels in the national interest and as specified. Increases the number of enlisted personnel who may be on active duty in support of the Reserve components for fiscal year 1982. Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress a plan for resolving the existing shortage in pretrained military manpower required for a mobilization. Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the potential impact on military capability during an emergency or mobilization of the use of Department of Defense civilian employees who are not subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Extends through fiscal year 1985 the authority of the Secretary to pay specified bonuses for armed forces reserve affiliation. Title VI: Civilian Personnel - Establishes an end strength level for civilian personnel for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1982. Specifies the apportionment of such personnel among the various military branches and departments. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the utilization of such personnel within 60 days. Specifies the types of civilian employees to be included in such end levels. Permits the Secretary to increase the number of civilian personnel beyond the authorized end strength as specified. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act 1981 to permit the contracting-out of commercial and industrial-type functions of the Department of Defense only if it can be certified to the appropriate Secretary that the performance of such function by a private contractor would not have a significant adverse effect on mobilization or contingency missions. Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978 to repeal the requirement for reduction in number of senior-grade civilian employees in the Department. Permits the Secretary to utilize university students to provide technical support at defense research and development laboratories. Sets forth the terms and conditions for such employment. Title VII: Military Training Student Loans - Establishes average military training student loads for fiscal year 1982. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, to extend for one year the reduction in the number of students required to be a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. Title VIII: Civil Defense - Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 to carry out the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. Amends such Act to increase the amount that may be contributed to States for personnel and administrative expenses. Permits States to use funds made available under such Act for preparing for and providing emergency assistance during natural disasters. Repeals the requirement that specified military construction operations maximize fall-out protection when constructing military facilities. Title IX: General Provisions - Requires an annual authorization of appropriations for the procurement of ammunition or other procurement by any armed force or by the activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments). Increases the dollar thresholds for defense contract regulations for negotiated rather than advertised purchases. Amends the Military Selective Service Act to permit a requirement that persons presenting themselves for registration, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, provide specified identifying information including social security number. Sets forth a formula for determining charges for CHAMPUS payments for services by an individual health-care professional rather than for physician services only. Permits the President, during a war or national emergency, to defer the effectiveness of any end-strength limitation for any military or civilian component of the armed forces or the Department of Defense. Permits the Secretary of the Air Force to contract with any citizen of the United States for the modification of new or existing aircraft by the inclusion or incorporation of cargo-convertible features suitable for defense purposes. Sets forth the terms of such contract, including registration and repayment requirements and restrictions on the subsequent sale of such aircraft. Commits such aircraft exclusively to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet during activation unless released by the Secretary of Defense. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide Federal, State, or local law enforcement officials with any information, equipment, facilities or training which may be helpful to enforcing Federal or State laws. Authorizes the Secretary, upon request from a Federal agency authorized to enforce the Controlled Substances Act or the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, to assign members of the armed forces to assist drug enforcement officials in seizures or arrests outside the land area of the United States. Requires that such assistance not interfere with military preparedness and that Federal drug enforcement officials retain control over enforcement operations. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress within 210 days on the operation of such provision. Sets forth the armed services procurement policy of the Congress that services and property for the Department of Defense be acquired by any kind of contract (other than cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost contracts, but including multiyear contracts) that will promote the interest of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations for the use of multiyear contracting, including cancellation provisions. Requires the head of an agency, before awarding a contract with a cancellation ceiling in excess of a specified amount, to give 30 days' notice to the appropriate committees of Congress. Permits the use of such contracts for the advance procurement of components, parts, and materials necessary to the manufacture of a weapon system. Denies application of such policy and regulations to contracts for: (1) the construction, alteration, or major repair of improvements to real property or contracts for the purchase of property under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949; (2) the Coast Guard; or (3) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976, to repeal the $5,000,000 cancellation ceiling limitation on armed forces multiyear procurement contracts. Permits the head of an agency to delegate the power to authorize procurement contracts in excess of three years. Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this Act for any civilian personnel management system within the Department of Defense using the "full-time equivalent employee" methodology. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, to extend through July 1, 1982, the suspension of profit limitations on contracts for the construction or manufacture of aircraft and naval vessels. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide logistical support, equipment, and personnel services to assist in the Yorktown Bicentennial Celebration. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to provide special economic impact assistance to State and local governments where Department facilities are established, expanded, cancelled, or terminated. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies for the reuse of closing installations by Federal, state, or local entities. Directs the Secretary to make annual reports to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning the amounts granted under this program. Restricts the purchase of foreign-made motor vehicles for administrative use by a Secretary of a military department. Directs the President to report to Congress by January 15, 1982 recommendations to improve the efficiency of and eliminate waste in the Department of Defense. Requires a breakdown of which earlier recommendations for waste elimination have been adopted and the cost savings projected and achieved. Prohibits during FY 1982 the use of gender-based distinctions based upon attainment of a high school equivalency certificate in enlistment into the armed forces, except when the Secretary determines such distinction is necessary to maintain readiness. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress by January 25, 1982 on the impact of such provision, including a comparison of those enlistees with high school diplomas, with equivalency certificates, and those with neither. Terminates on September 30, 1982, the authority of the President to dispose of excess silver in the National Defense Stockpile unless the President redetermines 30 days before that date that such silver is genuinely excess to defense requirements. Requires inclusion in the Secretary's annual report of that the projected total acquisition cost of individually appropriated defense items costing $1,000,000,000 or more which are in an advanced development state during a fiscal year. Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress within 12 months on the feasibility of increasing the foreign language study requirements at the service academies and for reserve officer training.

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982 - Title I: Procurement - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, and other weapons. Permits the Secretary of Defense, in carrying out the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ministers of Defense concerning the NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) Program, to waive reimbursement for the cost of specified functions performed by other than AWACS personnel and to assume contingent liability for program losses and specified charges for fiscal year 1982. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces for research, development, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 1982. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act for 1971 to repeal the requirement for an annual report on independent research and development and bid and proposal costs. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Authorizes appropriations for the armed forces other than the Coast Guard and for other activities and agencies of the Department of Defense. Authorizes additional sums for increases in benefits for civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Defense submit to Congress an annual report on the operation and maintenance of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Title IV: Active Forces - Establishes end strength levels for fiscal year 1982 for active duty personnel for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the Air Force. Title V: Reserve Forces - Establishes average strengths for fiscal year 1982 for: (1) the Army National Guard; (2) the Army Reserve; (3) the Naval Reserve; (4) the Marine Corps Reserve; (5) the Air National Guard; (6) the Air Force Reserve; and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve. Sets forth the number of Reserves serving on full-time active duty to administer, recruit, or train the Reserve components. Provides for the adjustment of average strength levels in the national interest and as specified. Increases the number of enlisted personnel who may be on active duty in support of the Reserve components for fiscal year 1982. Title VI: Civilian Personnel: - Establishes an end strength level for civilian personnel for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1982. Requires the appointment of such personnel among the various military branches and departments. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on such allocation within 60 days. Specifies the types of civilian employees to be included in such end levels. Permits the Secretary to increase the number of civilian personnel beyond the authorized end strength. Title VII: Military Training Student Loads - Establishes average military training student loads for fiscal year 1982. Title VIII: General Provisions - Amends the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976 to repeal the cancellation charge ceiling on multiyear procurement contracts. Amends the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1978, to repeal the requirement for a reduction in the number of senior-grade civilian employees of the Department of Defense. Repeals the limitation on enlistment and induction of persons into the armed forces whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is below a specified level. Repeals the profit limitation on contracts for aircraft and naval vessels.