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101 STAT. 1329-84
PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987
101 STAT. 1329-84

PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1329-84

expanded options for responding to a Soviet breakout from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and to respond to other future Soviet arms initiatives that might pose a grave threat to United States national security; (2) by expanding potential United States strategic options the SDI research program can enhance United States leverage in the United States-Soviet arms reduction negotiations and serve as a safeguard for ensuring that negotiated agreements are kept; (3) future research plans and budgets for SDI must be established using realistic projections of available resources in the overall defense budget and must not undercut other important Department of Defense programs; and (4) in matching research priorities against available resources, the primary emphasis of SDI should be to explore promising new technologies, such as directed energy technologies, which might have long-term potential to defend against a responsive Soviet offensive nuclear threat. SEC. 8117. From funds available in this Act for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army, the Army shall expeditiously and without further delay complete development and operational testing of the M72E4, type classify the weapon, and acquire a technical data package. SEC. 8118. None of the funds provided for the Department of Defense in this Act may be obligated or expended for fixed pricetype contracts in excess of $10,000,000 for the development of a major system or subsystem unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition determines, in writing, that program risk has been reduced to the extent that realistic pricing can occur, and that the contract type permits an equitable and sensible allocation of program risk between the contracting parties: Provided, That the Under Secretary may not delegate this authority to any persons who hold a position in the Office of the Secretary of Defense below the level of Assistant Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That the Under Secretary report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives in writing, on a quarterly basis, the contracts which have obligated funds under such a fixed price-type developmental contract. SEC. 8119. Monetary limitations on the purchase price of a passenger motor vehicle shall not apply to vehicles purchased for intelligence activities conducted pursuant to Executive Order 12333 or successor orders. SEC. 8120. Not to exceed $25,000,000 of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Department of the Army may be used to fund the construction of classified military projects within the Continental United States, including design, architecture, and engineering services. SEC. 8121. From the amounts appropriated in this Act, funds shall be available for Naval Air Rework Facilities to perform manufacturing in order to compete for production contracts of Defense articles: Provided, That the Navy shall certify that successful bids between Naval Air Rework Facilities and private companies for such production contracts include comparable estimates of all direct and indirect costs: Provided further, That competitions conducted under this authority shall not be subject to section 502 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1981, as amended, section 307 of the