Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 1.djvu/267

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PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 243 (f) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in section 201 for the central test and evaluation investment development program, not more than 75 percent may be obligated before the report required by subsection (e) is submitted to Congress. SEC. 278. LIMITATION ON T-38 AVIONICS UPGRADE PROGRAM. (a) REQUIREMENT.— The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, in evaluating proposals submitted in response to a solicitation issued for a contract for the T-38 Avionics Upgrade Program, the proposal of an entity may not be considered unless— (1) in the case of an entity that conducts substantially all of its business in a foreign country, the foreign country provides equal access to similar contract solicitations in that country to United States entities; and (2) in the case of an entity that conducts business in the United States but that is owned or controlled by a foreign government or by an entity incorporated in a foreign country, the foreign government or foreign country of incorporation provides equal access to similar contract solicitations in that country to United States entities. (b) DEFINITION. —In this section, the term "United States entity" means an entity that is owned or controlled by persons a majority of whom are United States citizens. SEC. 279. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM. (a) CONDITIONAL PROHIBITION ON USE OF SELECTIVE AVAILABIL- ITY FEATURE. —Except as provided in subsection (b), after May 1, 1996, the Secretary of Defense may not (through use of the feature known as "selective availability") deny access of non- Department of Defense users to the full capabilities of the Global Positioning System. (b) PLAN.—Subsection (a) shall cease to apply upon submission by the Secretary of Defense to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives of a plan for enhancement of the Global Positioning System that provides for— (1) development and acquisition of effective capabilities to deny hostile military forces the ability to use the Global Positioning System without hindering the ability of United States military forces and civil users to have access to and use of the system, together with a specific date by which those capabilities could be operational; and (2) development and acquisition of receivers for the Global Positioning System and other techniques for weapons and weapon systems that provide substantially improved resistance to jamming and other forms of electronic interference or disruption, together with a specific date by which those receivers and other techniques could be operational with United States military forces. SEC. 280. REVISION OF AUTHORITY FOR PROVIDING ARMY SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER FOR COMMUNICA- TIONS AND ELECTRONICS. (a) PURPOSE. — Subsection (b)(2) of section 1459 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145; 99 Stat. 763) is amended by striking out "to make available" and all that follows and inserting in lieu thereof "to provide for the