118 STAT. 996 PUBLIC LAW 108–287—AUG. 5, 2004 (1) From ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, $39,500,000. (2) From ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, $10,800,000. (3) From ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, $49,000,000. (4) From ‘‘Procurement, Defense Wide’’, $20,100,000. (5) From ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $3,500,000. (6) From ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, $10,800,000. (7) From ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $3,500,000. (8) From ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Wide’’, $60,300,000. SEC. 8106. None of the funds in this Act may be used to initiate a new start program without prior written notification to the Office of Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees. SEC. 8107. The amounts appropriated in title II of this Act are hereby reduced by $316,000,000 to reflect cash balance and rate stabilization adjustments in Department of Defense Working Capital Funds, as follows: (1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $150,000,000. (2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $166,000,000. SEC. 8108. (a) In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, the amount of $6,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard’’. Such amount shall be made available to the Secretary of the Army only to make a grant in the amount of $6,000,000 to the entity specified in subsection (b) to facilitate access by veterans to opportunities for skilled employment in the construction industry. (b) The entity referred to in subsection (a) is the Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment, a nonprofit labor management co operation committee provided for by section 302(c)(9) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 186(c)(9)), for the purposes set forth in section 6(b) of the Labor Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a note). SEC. 8109. FINANCING AND FIELDING OF KEY ARMY CAPABILI TIES.—The Department of Defense and the Department of the Army shall make future budgetary and programming plans to fully finance the Non Line of Sight Future Force cannon and resupply vehicle program (NLOS–C) in order to field this system in fiscal year 2010, consistent with the broader plan to field the Future Combat System (FCS) in fiscal year 2010: Provided, That if the Army is precluded from fielding the FCS program by fiscal year 2010, then the Army shall develop the NLOS–C independent of the broader FCS development timeline to achieve fielding by fiscal year 2010. In addition the Army will deliver eight (8) combat operational pre production NLOS–C systems by the end of calendar year 2008. These systems shall be in addition to those systems necessary for developmental and operational testing: Provided fur ther, That the Army shall ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans will provide for no fewer than seven (7) Stryker Brigade Combat Teams. Grants.
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