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[117 STAT. 1408]
PUBLIC LAW 107-000—MMMM. DD, 2003
[117 STAT. 1408]

117 STAT. 1408

PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2004 for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of $924,355,000. SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2004 for procurement for the Air Force as follows: (1) For aircraft, $12,035,151,000. (2) For ammunition, $1,284,725,000. (3) For missiles, $4,298,505,000. (4) For other procurement, $11,631,859,000. SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.

Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2004 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $3,768,506,000.

Subtitle B—Army Programs SEC. 111. STRYKER VEHICLE PROGRAM.

(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 101 for procurement for the Army for fiscal year 2004 that are available for the Stryker vehicle program, not more than 80 percent may be obligated until— (1) the Secretary of the Army has submitted to the Deputy Secretary of Defense the report specified in subsection (b); (2) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to the congressional defense committees the report referred to in subsection (c); and (3) a period of 30 days has elapsed after the date of the receipt by those committees of the report and certification under paragraph (2). (b) SECRETARY OF THE ARMY REPORT.—The report referred to in subsection (a)(1) is the report required to be submitted by the Secretary of the Army to the Deputy Secretary of Defense not later than July 8, 2003, that identifies options for modifications to the equipment and configuration of the Army brigades designated as ‘‘Stryker brigade combat teams’’ to assure that those brigades, after incorporating such modifications, provide— (1) a higher level of combat capability and sustainability; (2) a capability across a broader spectrum of combat operations; and (3) a capability to be employed independently of higherlevel command formations and support. (c) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 days after the date of the receipt by the Deputy Secretary of Defense of the report of the Secretary of the Army referred to in subsection (b), the modification options identified by the Secretary of the Army for purposes of that report. The Secretary of Defense shall include any comments that may be applicable to the analysis of the Secretary of the Army’s report. SEC. 112. CH–47 HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY.—The Secretary of the Army shall conduct a study of the feasibility and the costs and benefits of

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