Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 2.djvu/649

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PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1599 decoys and other incoming objects, and to be employed in a shoot-look-shoot firing mode). (d) RELATIONSHIP TO ARMS CONTROL TREATIES. —The Secretary shall include in the report under subsection (b) a statement of how production and deployment of any projected Theater Missile Defense program will conform to all relevant arms control agreements. The report shall describe any potential noncompliance with any such agreement, when such noncompliance is expected to occur, and whether provisions need to be renegotiated within that agreement to address future contingencies. (e) SUBMISSION OF REPORT. —The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted as part of the next annual report of the Secretary submitted to Congress under section 224 of Public Law 101-189 (10 U.S.C. 2431 note). (f) OBJECTIVES OF PLAN. —In preparing the master plan, the Secretary shall— (1) seek to maximize the use of existing technologies (such as SM-2, AEGIS, Patriot, and THAAD) rather than develop new systems; (2) seek to maximize integration and compatibility among the systems, roles, and missions of the military departments; and (3) seek to promote cross-service use of existing equipment (such as development of Army equipment for the Marine Corps or groimd utilization of an air or sea system). (g) REVIEW AND REPORT ON DEPLOYMENT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSES.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an intensive and extensive review of opportunities to streamline the weapon systems acquisition process applicable to the development, testing, and deployment of theater ballistic missile defenses with the objective of reducing the cost of deployment and accelerating the schedule for deployment without significantly increasing programmatic risk or concurrency. (2) In conducting the review, the Secretary shall obtain recommendations and ad\ice from— (A) the Defense Science Board; (B) the faculty of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces; and (C) federally funded research and development centers supporting the Office of the Secretary of Defense. (3) Not later than May 1, 1994, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Secretary's findings resulting from the review under paragraph (1), together with any recommendations of the Secretary for legislation. The Public Secretary shall submit the report in unclassified form, but may information. submit a classified version of the report if necessary to clarify any of the information in the findings or recommendations or any related information. The report may be submitted as part of the next annual report of the Secretary submitted to Congress under section 224 of Public Law 101-189 (10 U.S.C. 2431 note). SEC. 236. LIMITED DEFENSE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PLAN. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT. — (1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the development plan for a Limited Defense System covering the period of fiscal years 1994 through 1999.