PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1663 "(b) COVERED PROGRAMS.—Subsection (a) applies to the following missile defense programs of the Department of Defense: "(1) The National Missile Defense Program. "(2) Any system that is part of the core theater missile defense program. "(3) Any other ballistic missile defense program that enters production after the date of the enactment of this section and for which research, development, test, and evaluation was carried out by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. " (c) CORE THEATER BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM.— For purposes of this section, the core theater missile defense program consists of the systems specified in section 234 of the Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995 (10 U.S.C. 2431 note).". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 222 the following new item: "224. Ballistic missile defense programs: display of amounts for procurement.". (b) FISCAL YEAR 1998 FUNDS.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall transfer to appropriations available to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization for procurement for fiscal year 1998 any amounts that are appropriated for procurement for that fiscal year for any of the Armed Forces by reason of the transference of certain programs to accounts of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps pursuant to Program Budget Decision 224C3, signed by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) on December 23, 1996. (2) Any transfer pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be counted for purposes of section 1001. SEC. 233. COOPERATIVE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM. 10 USC 221 note. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR NEW PROGRAM ELEMENT. —The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program element for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, to be referred to as the "Cooperative Ballistic Missile Defense Program", to support technical and analj^- ical cooperative efforts between the United States and other nations that contribute to United States ballistic missile defense capabilities. Except as provided in subsection (b), all international cooperative ballistic missile defense programs of the Department of Defense shall be budgeted and administered through that program element. (b) AUTHORITY FOR EXCEPTIONS. —The Secretary of Defense may exclude from the program element established pursuant to subsection (a) any international cooperative ballistic missile defense program of the Department of Defense that after the date of the enactment of this Act is designated by the Secretary of Defense (pursuant to applicable Department of Defense acquisition regulations and policy) to be managed as a separate acquisition program. (c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAM ELEMENTS.— The program element established pursuant to subsection (a) is in addition to the program elements for activities of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization required under section 251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104- 106; 110 Stat. 233; 10 U.S.C. 221 note).
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