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107 STAT. 1612 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 eral departments and agencies to provide similar cooperation to the National Research Council. (d) FUNDING.— O f the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for Defense-wide activities, $800,000 shall be available for the study under this section. (e) REPORT. —(1) The National Research Council shall complete the study and submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the study within approximately two years after full processing of security clearances under subsection (f). The report on the study shall set forth the Council's findings and conclusions and the recommendations of the Council for improvements in cryptography ^ policy and procedures. (2) The Secretary shall submit the report to the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and to the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives not later than 120 days after the day on which the report is submitted to the Secretary. The report shall be submitted to those committees in unclassified form, with classified annexes as necessary. (f) EXPEDITED PROCESSING OF SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR STUDY. — For the purpose of facilitating the commencement of the study under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall expedite to the fullest degree possible the processing of security clearances that are necessary for the National Research Council to conduct the study. SEC. 268. REVIEW OF ASSIGNMENT OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CATEGORIES. (a) RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL. — The Secretary of Defense shall designate an official within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to be responsible for conducting an annual review of program elements for proper categorization to the research and development categories of the Department of Defense designated as 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6. (b) REVIEW REQUIRED. —The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a review of the general content of the research and development categories specified in subsection (a), including a review of the criteria for assigning programs to those categories. The review shall examine the assignment of current programs to those categories for the purpose of ensuring that those programs are correctly categorized and assigned program element numbers in accordance with existing Department of Defense policy. (c) REPORT.— The Secretary shall include with the budget justification materials for fiscal year 1995 submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support of the President's budget for that year a report on the implementation of this section. The report— (1) shall specify the ofiBcial designated under subsection (a); and (2) shall include a certification (or an explanation of why the Secretary cannot certify) that current research and development programs are correctly categorized as described in subsection (b).