,«;if>'f^" PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1655 Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1998 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows: (1) For the Army, $4,633,495,000. (2) For the Navy, $7,774,877,000. (3) For the Air Force, $14,338,934,000. (4) For Defense-wide activities, $9,831,646,000, of which— (A) $258,183,000 is authorized for the activities of the Director, Test and Evaluation; and (B) $27,384,000 is authorized for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation. SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH. (a) FISCAL YEAR 1998.— Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $3,935,390,000 shall be available for basic research and applied research projects. (b) BASIC RESEARCH AND APPLIED RESEARCH DEFINED.— For purposes of this section, the term "basic research and applied research" means work funded in program elements for defense research and development under Department of Defense category 6.1 or 6.2. SEC. 203. DUAL-USE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. 10 USC 2511 (a) FUNDING 1998. —Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, $75,000,000 is authorized for dual-use projects. (b) GOALS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), it shall be the objective of the Secretary of each military department to obligate for dualuse projects in each fiscal year referred to in paragraph (2), out of the total amount authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for the applied research programs of the military department, the percent of such amount that is specified for that fiscal year in paragraph (2). (2) The objectives for fiscal years under paragraph (1) are as follows: (A) For fiscal year 1998, 5 percent. (B) For fiscal year 1999, 7 percent. (C) For fiscal year 2000, 10 percent. (D) For fiscal year 2001, 15 percent. (3) The Secretary of Defense may establish for a military department for a fiscal year an objective different from the objective set forth in paragraph (2) if the Secretary— (A) determines that compelling national security considerations require the establishment of the different objective; and (B) notifies Congress of the determination and the reasons for the determination. (c) DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL FOR DUAL-USE PROGRAMS. —(1) The Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense to carry out responsibilities for dual-use projects under this subsection. The designated official shall report directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
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