110 STAT. 2462
PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996
Support Program that are to be made available for that program.
Subtitle C—Ballistic Missile Defense
Programs
SEC. 241. FUNDING FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997.
(a) PROGRAM AMOUNTS.—Of the amount appropriated pursuant
to section 201(4), the following amounts may be obligated for the
following systems managed by the Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization:
(1) For the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
System, $621,798,000.
(2) For the Navy Upper Tier (Theater Wide) system,
$304,171,000.
(3) For the National Missile Defense System, $858,437,000.
(4) For the Corps Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM)/Medium
Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), $56,200,000.
Certification.
(b) LIMITATION.— None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available for the Department of Defense pursuant to this
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by the Office of
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
for official representation activities, or related activities, until the
Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that—
(1) the Secretary has made available for obligation the
funds provided under subsection (a) for the purposes specified
in that subsection and in the amounts appropriated pursuant
to that subsection; and
(2) the Secretary has included the Navy Upper Tier theater
missile defense system in the theater missile defense core program.
(c) LIMITATIONS. —Not more than $15,000,000 of the amount
available for the Corps SAM/MEADS program under subsection
(a) may be obligated until the Secretary of Defense submits to
the congressional defense committees the following:
(1) An initial program estimate for the Corps SAM/MEADS
program, including a tentative schedule of major milestones
and an estimate of the total program cost through initial operational capability.
Reports.
(2) A report on the options associated with the use of
existing systems, technologies, and program management
mechanisms to satisfy the requirement for the Corps surfaceto-air missile, including an assessment of cost and schedule
implications in relation to the program estimate submitted
under paragraph (1).
Certification.
(3) A certification that there will be no increase in overall
United States funding commitment to the project definition
and validation phase of the Corps SAM/MEADS program as
a result of the withdrawal af France from participation in
the program.
President.
SEC. 242. CERTIFICATION OF CAPABILITY OF UNITED STATES TO
DEFEND AGAINST SINGLE BALLISTIC MISSILE.
Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a certification
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