PUBLIC LAW 105-85 —NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1647 SEC. 108. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense for procurement for carrying out health care programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense in the total amount of $274,068,000. SEC. 109. DEFENSE EXPORT LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense for carrying out the Defense Export Loan Guarantee Program under section 2540 of title 10, United States Code, in the total amount of $1,231,000. Subtitle B—Army Programs SEC. 111. ARMY HELICOPTER MODERNIZATION PLAN. (a) LIMITATION.— Not more than 80 percent of the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 101(1), 105(1), and 105(3) for modifications or upgrades of helicopters may be obligated before the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees a comprehensive plan for the modernization of the Army^s helicopter fleet. (b) CONTENT OF PLAN. —The plan required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A detailed assessment of the Army's present and future helicopter requirements and present and future helicopter inventory, including number of aircraft, age of aircraft, availability of spare parts, flight hour costs, roles and functions assigned to the fleet as a whole and to its individual t5^es of aircraft, and the mix of active component aircraft and reserve component aircraft in the fleet. (2) Estimates and analysis of requirements and funding proposed for procurement of new aircraft. (3) An analysis of the requirements for and funding proposed for extended service plans or service life extension plans for fleet aircraft. (4) A plan for retiring aircraft no longer required or capable of performing assigned functions, including a discussion of opportunities to eliminate older aircraft models and to focus future funding on current or future generation aircraft. (5) The implications of the plan for the defense industrial base. (c) RELATIONSHIP TO FUTURE-YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the Army shall design the plan under subsection (a) so that the plan could be implemented within the funding levels expected to be available for Army aircraft programs in the next future-years defense program to be submitted to Congress pursuant to section 221(a) of title 10, United States Code. The Secretary shall include in the plan a certification that the program of the Army prepared for inclusion in the future-years defense program submitted to Congress in 1998 pursuant to section 221(a) of title 10, United States Code, included full funding for implementation of the plan.
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