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NOTE: this appears in the historical comments section of Title 10 U.S.C. Sec. 113. The full U.S. Code is available here. 
          PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SOFTWARE


      Pub. L. 102-396, title IX, Sec. 9070, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat.


    1918, provided that: ''Notwithstanding any other provision of law,


    where cost effective, all Department of Defense software shall be


    written in the programming language Ada, in the absence of special


    exemption by an official designated by the Secretary of Defense.''


      Similar provisions were contained in the following prior


    appropriation acts:


      Pub. L. 102-172, title VIII, Sec. 8073, Nov. 26, 1991, 105 Stat.


    1188.


      Pub. L. 101-511, title VIII, Sec. 8092, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.


    1896.