Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 113 Part 2.djvu/238

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113 STAT. 1258 PUBLIC LAW 106-79—OCT. 25, 1999 "Operation and Maintenance, Army", $24,500,000; and "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army", $6,000,000: Provided further, That funds trsuisferred pursueuit to this section shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided further. That of the funds transferred to "Operation and Maintenance, Army", not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available only to establish a cost effective counter-terrorism training program for first responders and concurrent testing of response apparatus and equipment at the Memorial Tunnel Facility: Provided further. That of the funds treuisferred to "Operation and Maintenance, Army", not less than $2,000,000 shall be made available only to support development of a structured tmdergraduate research program for chemical and biological warfare defense designed to produce graduates with specialized laboratory training and scientific skills required by military and industrial laboratories engaged in combating the threat of biological and chemical terrorism: Provided further, That of the funds transferred to "Operation and Maintensuice, Army", not less than $3,500,000 shall be made available for a National Guard Biu-eau and Department of Justice collaborative training program only to enhance distance leaming technologies and develop related courseware to provide training for counter-terrorism and related concerns: Provided further, That of the funds transferred to "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army", not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available only to continue development and presentation of advanced distributed learning consequence management response courses and conventional courses. Budget. SEC. 8112. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall, sdong with Reports, submission of the fiscal year 2001 budget request for the Department of Defense, submit to the congressioned defense committees a report, in both luiclassified and classified versions, which contains an assessment of the advantages or disadvantages of deploying a ground-based National Missile Defense system at more than one site. (b) This report shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment of the following issues: (1) The ability of a single site, versus multiple sites, to counter the expected ballistic missile threat. (2) The optimum basing locations for a single and multiple site National Missile Defense system. (3) The survivability and redundsuicy of potential National Missile Defense systems under a single or multiple site architecture. (4) The estimated costs (including development, construction and infi"astructure, and prociu-ement of equipment) associated with different site deployment options. (5) Other issues bearing on deploying a National Missile Defense system at one or more sites. Reports. SEC. 8113, The Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force each shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees within 90 days of the enactment of this Act in both classified and unclassified form which shall provide a detailed description of the dedicated aggressor squadrons used to conduct