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PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 235 (4) Section 8123 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-463; 102 Stat. 2270-40). (5) Section 8133 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102-172; 105 Stat. 1211). (6) Section 234 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160; 107 Stat. 1595; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note). (7) Section 242 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160; 107 Stat. 1603; 10 U.S.C. 2431 note). (8) Section 235 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2701; 10 U.S.C. 221 note). (9) Section 2609 of title 10, United States Code. Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Reviews, Studies, and Reports SEC. 261. PRECISION-GUTOED MUNITIONS. (a) ANALYSIS REQUIRED. —The Secretary of Defense shall perform an analysis of the full range of precision-guided munitions in production and in research, development, test, and evaluation in order to determine the following: (1) The numbers and types of precision-guided munitions that are needed to provide complementary capabilities against each target class. (2) The feasibility of carrying out joint development and procurement of additional types of munitions by more than one of the Armed Forces. (3) The feasibility of integrating a particular precisionguided munition on multiple service platforms. (4) The economy and effectiveness of continuing the acquisition of— (A) interim precision-guided munitions; or (B) precision-guided munitions that, as a result of being procured in decreasing numbers to meet decreasing quantity requirements, have increased in cost per unit by more than 50 percent over the cost per unit for such munitions as of December 1, 1991. (b) REPORT.—(1) Not later than April 15, 1996, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the findings and other results of the analysis. (2) The report shall include a detailed discussion of the process by which the Department of Defense— (A) approves the development of new precision-guided munitions; (B) avoids duplication and redundancy in the precisionguided munitions programs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps; (C) ensures rationality in the relationship between the funding plans for precision-guided munitions modernization for fiscal years following fiscal year 1996 and the costs of such modernization for those fiscal years; and (D) identifies by name and function each person responsible for approving each new precision-guided munition for initial low-rate production.