PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 1953 SEC. 235. BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM ELEMENTS. (a) BMD PRCX3RAM ELEMENTS.— (1) Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 222 the following new section: '^§ 223. Ballistic missile defense programs: program elements "(a) PROGRAM ELEMENTS SPECIFIED. —In the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the amount requested for activities of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization shall be set forth in accordance with the following program elements: "(1) The Patriot system. "(2) The Navy Area system. "(3) The Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system. "(4) The Navy Theater Wide system. "(5) The Medium Extended Air Defense System. "(6) Joint Theater Missile Defense. "(7) National Missile Defense. " (8) Support Technologies. "(9) Family of Systems Engineering and Integration. "(10) Ballistic Missile Defense Technical Operations. "(11) Threat and Countermeasures. "(12) International Cooperative Programs. "(b) TREATMENT OF MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.— Amounts requested for Theater Missile Defense and National Missile Defense major defense acquisition programs shall be specified in individual, dedicated program elements, and amounts appropriated for those programs shall be available only for Ballistic Missile Defense activities. "(c) MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT. —The amount requested for each program element specified in subsection (a) shall include requests for the amounts necessary for the management and support of the programs, projects, and activities contained in that program element.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 222 the following new item: "223. Ballistic missile defense programs: program elements.". (b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.— Section 251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 10 U.S.C. 221 note) is repealed. SEC. 236. RESTRUCTURING OF ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR THEATER HIGH-ALTITUDE AREA DEFENSE (THAAO) SYSTEM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPETITIVE CONTRACTOR. — (1) The Secretary of Defense shall take appropriate steps to implement technical and price competition for the development and production of the interceptor missile for the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. (2) The Secretary shall take such steps as necessary to ensure that the prime contractor (as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for the THAAD system provides the cooperation needed to establish the technical and price competition required in subsection (a).
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