PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2453 Administration shall submit to Congress a joint plan for coordinating and eliminating unnecessary duplication in the operations and planned improvements of rocket engine and rocket engine component test facilities managed by the Department of the Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The plan shall provide, to the extent practical, for the development of commonly funded and commonly operated facilities. SEC. 212. SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYSTEM PROGRAM. (a) FUNDING.— Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 201(3) are authorized to be made available for the Space-Based Infrared System program for purposes and in amounts as follows: (1) For Space Segment High, $173,290,000. (2) For Space Segment Low (the Space and Missile Tracking System), $247,221,000. (3) For Cobra Brass, $6,930,000. (b) LIMITATION.— Not more than $100,000,000 of the funds authorized to be made available under subsection (a)(1) may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that the Secretary has made available the funds authorized to be made available under subsection (a)(2) for the purpose of accelerating the deployment of the Space Segment Low (the Space and Missile Tracking System). (c) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. —Before the submission of the President's budget for fiscal year 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of the appropriate management responsibilities for the Space and Missile Tracking System, including whether transferring such management responsibility from the Air Force to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization would result in improved program efficiencies and support. SEC. 213. CLEMENTINE 2 MICRO-SATELLITE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. (a) AMOUNT FOR PROGRAM.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(3), $50,000,000 shall be available for the Clementine 2 micro-satellite near-Earth asteroid interception mission. (b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this Act for the global positioning system (GPS) Block II F Satellite system, not more than $25,000,000 may be obligated until the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that— (1) funds appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for the Clementine 2 Micro-Satellite development program have been obligated in accordance with Public Law 104-106 and the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying S. 1124 (House Report 104-450 (104th Congress, second session)); and (2) the Secretary has made available for obligation the funds appropriated for fiscal year 1997 for the purpose specified in subsection (a). SEC. 214. LIVE-FIRE SURVIVABILITY TESTING OF V-22 OSPREY AIR- CRAFT. (a) AUTHORITY FOR RETROACTIVE WAIVER.— The Secretary of Defense may, in accordance with section 2366(c) of title 10, United States Code, waive for the V-22 Osprey aircrsifl program the survivability tests required by that section, notwithstanding that such program has entered engineering and manufacturing development. Certification. Review. Certification.
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