Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 1.djvu/246

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110 STAT. 222 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 Reports. radiation tolerant microelectronics program to be managed by the Defense Nuclear Agency for the purposes of— (A) providing for the development of affordable and effective hardening technologies and for incorporation of such technologies into systems; (B) sustaining the supporting industrial base; and (C) ensuring that a use of a nuclear weapon in regional threat scenarios does not interrupt or defeat the continued operability of systems of the Armed Forces exposed to the combined effects of radiation emitted by the weapon. (2) Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on how the long-term radiation tolerant microelectronics program is to be conducted and funded in the fiscal years after fiscal year 1996 that are covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress in 1995. (d) THERMIONICS PROGRAM.—Of the amount made available under subsection (a), $10,000,000 shall be available for the thermionics program, to be managed by the Defense Nuclear Agency. (e) ELECTROTHERMAL GUN TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. —Of the amount made available under subsection (a), $4,000,000 shall be available for the electrothermal gun technology program of the Defense Nuclear Agency. (f) COUNTERTERROR EXPLOSIVES RESEARCH PROGRAM.—Of the amount made available under subsection (a), $4,000,000 shall be available for the counterterror explosives research program of the Defense Nuclear Agency. (g) TRANSFER OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCE.— The Secretary of Defense shall transfer to the Defense Nuclear Agency, to be available for the thermionics program, an amount not to exceed $12,000,000 from the unobligated balance of funds authorized and appropriated for research, development, test, and evaluation for fiscal year 1995 for the Air Force for the Advanced Weapons Program. SEC. 218. COUNTERPROLIFERATION SUPPORT PROGRAM. (a) FUNDING.— Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense under section 201(4), $138,237,000 shall be available for the Counterproliferation Support Program, of which $30,000,000 shall be available for a tactical antisatellite technologies program. (b) ADDITIONAL ALTTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— (1) In addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001, upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made available to the Department of Defense in this division for fiscal year 1996 to counterproliferation programs, projects, and activities identified as areas for progress by the Counterproliferation Program Review Committee established by section 1605 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160; 107 Stat. 1845). Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the authorization to which transferred. (2) The total amount of authorizations transferred under the authority of this subsection may not exceed $50,000,000.