¥4?,'„J«. PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1661 (A) The extent to which engineering and manufacturing development under the program is meeting the goals established for engineering and manufacturing development under the program, including the performance, cost, and schedule goals. (B) The status of modifications expected to have a significant effect on cost or performance of F-22 aircraft. (C) The plan for engineering and manufacturing development (leading to production) under the program for the fiscal year that begins in the following year. (D) A conclusion regarding whether the plan referred to in subparagraph (C) is consistent with the limitation in subsection (a). (E) A conclusion regarding whether engineering and manufacturing development (leading to production) under the program is likely to be completed at a total cost not in excess of the amount specified in subsection (a). (3) The Comptroller General shall submit the first report under this subsection not later than March 15, 1998. No report is required under this subsection after engineering and manufacturing development under the program has been completed. (e) REQUIREMENT TO SUPPORT ANNUAL GAG REVIEW. —The Secretary of Defense and the prime contractors under the F-22 aircraft program shall provide the Comptroller General with such information on the program as the Comptroller General considers necessary to carry out the responsibilities under subsection (d). (f) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS. —Of the total amount authorized to be appropriated for the F-22 aircraft program for a fiscal year, not more than 90 percent of the amount may be obligated until the Comptroller General submits to Congress— (1) the report required to be submitted in that fiscal year under subsection (d); and (2) a certification regarding whether the Comptroller General has had access to sufficient information to make informed judgments on the matters covered by the report. Subtitle C—Ballistic Missile Defense Programs SEC. 231. NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM. 10 USC 2431 (a) PROGRAM STRUCTURE.— To preserve the option of achieving an initial operational capability in fiscal year 2003, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the National Missile Defense Program is structured and programmed for funding so as to support a test, in fiscal year 1999, of an integrated national missile defense system that is representative of the national missile defense system architecture that could achieve initial operational capability in fiscal year 2003. (b) ELEMENTS OF NMD SYSTEM. —The national missile defense system architecture specified in subsection (a) shall consist of the following elements: (1) An interceptor system that optimizes defensive coverage of the continental United States, i^aska, and Hawaii against limited ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate). (2) Ground-based radars.
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