100 STAT. 3846
PUBLIC LAW 99-661—NOV. 14, 1986
(2) The amount specified in paragraph (1) is in addition to the amount specified for the Strategic Defense Initiative in section 211 and for the Conventional Defense Initiative Program under section 221 and is made available subject to the following conditions: (A) That the Director of Defense Research and Engineering ^^i apportion the funds among the research, development, test, and evaluation accounts of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and - - the Defense Agencies on a merit basis, taking into consideration ongoing technology research and exploitation opportunities. •' (B) That no portion of any undistributed reduction be applied against the funds appropriated for purposes of paragraph (1) and that no portion of any undistributed reduction be applied against any program, project, or activity for which additional funds are provided under subparagraph (A). (C) That no portion of the funds provided for in paragraph (1) be applied to any program, project, or activity in support of the Strategic Defense Initiative. lb) FUNDS FOR CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY BASE.—Of the
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amount authorized in section 201 for Defense Agencies, not less than $153,000,000 shall be applied to restoration of the conventional defense technology base. Such amount is in addition to the amounts specified in subsection (a) and in sections 211 and 221 and is made available subject to the following conditions: (1) That the Director of Defense Research and Engineering apportion the funds among the research, development, test, and evaluation accounts of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and Defense Agencies on a merit basis, either to augment ongoing but underfunded basic and exploratory research or to establish new basic or exploratory research programs. (2) That no portion of such funds be applied to any program, project, or activity in support of the Strategic Defense Initiative. (3) That no portion of any undistributed reduction made in any research, development, test, and evaluation account be applied against the technology base activities of any military department or Defense Agency in a greater proportion than the share of that department's or Agency's technology base as a proportion of the total research, development, test, and evaluation funds made available to that department or Agency for fiscal year 1987. (4) That no portion of any undistributed reduction be applied against any program, project, or activity which has received additional funds under this subsection. (c) REPORT.—Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the implementation of this section. Such report shall include— (1) the allocation by project of the amounts specified in subsections (a)(1) and Ob); (2) the identification of other ongoing research and development projects that should be included in a balanced defense technology effort to improve conventional defenses; (3) the identification of specific research projects which were funded in fiscal years before fiscal year 1987 by the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization which could significantly enhance the conventional defense capabilities of the United States (or command, control, communications, and intelligence
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