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PUBLIC LAW 109-000—MMMM. DD, 2006
[120 STAT. 2116]

120 STAT. 2116

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

Subtitle E—Joint and Multiservice Matters SEC. 141. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON INITIATION OF NEW UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS.

(a) APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATION ONLY TO PROCUREMENT FUNDS.—Subsection (a) of section 142 of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3164) is amended— (1) by inserting ‘‘for procurement’’ after ‘‘the Department of Defense’’; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘(or by an official within the Office of the Under Secretary designated by the Under Secretary for that purpose)’’. (b) APPLICABILITY ONLY TO NEW SYSTEMS.—Subsection (b) of that section is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR EXISTING SYSTEMS.—The limitation in subsection (a) does not apply with respect to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system (or any component or other item of associated equipment of any such system described in subsection (a)) if as of January 6, 2006— ‘‘(1) the system (or component or item of associated equipment) to be procured is otherwise under contract or has previously been procured by the Department; or ‘‘(2) funds have been appropriated but not yet obligated for the system (or component or item of associated equipment).’’.

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 202. Amount for defense science and technology. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 211. Acquisition of, and independent cost analyses for, the Joint Strike Fighter propulsion system. 212. Expansion and extension of authority to award prizes for advanced technology achievements. 213. Defense Acquisition Challenge Program extension, enhancement, and modification to address critical cost growth threshold breaches in major defense acquisition programs. 214. Future Combat Systems milestone review. 215. Dedicated amounts for implementing or evaluating Navy shipbuilding technology proposals under Defense Acquisition Challenge Program. 216. Independent estimate of costs of the Future Combat Systems. 217. Funding of defense science and technology programs. 218. Hypersonics development. 219. Report on program for replacement of nuclear warheads on certain Trident sea-launched ballistic missiles with conventional warheads.

Sec. 221. Sec. 222. Sec. 223. Sec. 224. Sec. 225. Sec. 226.

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Subtitle C—Missile Defense Programs Fielding of ballistic missile defense capabilities. Limitation on use of funds for space-based interceptor. Policy of the United States on priorities in the development, testing, and fielding of missile defense capabilities. One-year extension of Comptroller General assessments of ballistic missile defense programs. Submittal of plans for test and evaluation of the operational capability of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. Annual reports on transition of ballistic missile defense programs to the military departments.

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