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112 STAT. 2292 PUBLIC LAW 105-262—OCT. 17, 1998 Deadlines. Reports. procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed 346 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; the purchase of 4 vehicles required for physical security of personnel, notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger vehicles but not to exceed $165,000 per vehicle; expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and contractorowned equipment layaway; $1,944,833,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001. NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, other weapons, and other procurement for the reserve components of the Armed Forces; $352,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the Chiefs of the Reserve and National Guard components shall, not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit to the congressional defense committees the modernization priority assessment for their respective Reserve or National Guard component. TITLE IV RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment; $5,031,788,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2000: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available only to commence in fiscal year 1999 a live fire, side-by-side operationgd test and evaluation of the air-to-air Starstreak and air-to-air Stinger missiles fired Certification. from the AH-64D Apache helicopter: Provided further. That in conjunction with the development of a test plan, the Secretary of the Army shall certify the following, in writing, to the congressional defense committees: (1) Engagement tests can be safely conducted with both Starstreak and Stinger missiles from the AH-64D helicopter at air speeds consistent with the normal operating limits of that aircraft; (2) The Starstreak missiles utilized in the test will be provided at no cost to the United States Government; (3) None of the $15,000,000 provided will be used to develop modifications to the Starstreak or the Stinger missiles; and (4) Both the Starstreak and Stinger missiles can be fired from the AH-64D aircraft consistent with the survivability of the aircraft and missile performance standards contained in the Army's Air-to-Air Missile Capability Need Statement approved by the Department of the Army in January 1997.