110 STAT. 226 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 be obligated until 14 days after the date on which the congressional defense committees receive the plan specified in subsection (b). (b) PLAN. —The plan referred to in subsection (a) is the master plan for electronic combat consolidation described under Defense- Wide Programs under Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation in the Report of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on H.R. 4301 (House Report 103-499), dated May 10, 1994. SEC. 224. REPORT ON REDUCTIONS IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION. (a) REPORT REQUIREMENT. —Not later than March 15, 1996, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that sets forth in detail the allocation of reductions for research, development, test, and evaluation described in subsection (b). (b) DESCRIPTION OF REDUCTIONS. — The reductions for research, development, test, and evaluation covered by subsection (a) are the following Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense-wide reductions, as required by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1996: (1) General reductions. (2) Reductions to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions. (3) Reductions to reflect the funding ceiling for defense federally funded research and development centers. (4) Reductions for savings through improved management of contractor automatic data processing costs charged through indirect rates on Department of Defense acquisition contracts. SEC. 225. ADVANCED FIELD ARTILLERY SYSTEM (CRUSADER). (a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUNDS FOR ALTERNATIVE PROPELLANT TECHNOLOGIES.— During fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of the Army may use funds appropriated for the liquid propellant portion of the Advanced Field Artillery System (Crusader) program for fiscal year 1996 for alternative propellant technologies and integration of those technologies into the design of the Crusader if— (1) the Secretary determines that the technical risk associated with liquid propellant will increase costs and delay the initial operational capability of the Crusader; and Notification. (2) the Secretary notifies the congressional defense committees of the proposed use of the funds and the reasons for the proposed use of the funds. (b) LIMITATION. — The Secretary of the Army may not spend funds for the liquid propellant portion of the Crusader program after August 15, 1996, unless— (1) the report required by subsection (c) has been submitted by that date; and (2) such report includes documentation of significsmt progress, as determined by the Secretary, toward meeting the objectives for the liquid propellant portion of the program, as set forth in the baseline description for the Crusader program and approved by the Office of the Secretary of Defense on January 4, 1995. (c) REPORT REQUIRED. —Not later than August 1, 1996, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing documentation of the progress being made in meeting the objectives set forth in the baseline description for the Crusader program and approved by the Office of the Sec-
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