Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 3.djvu/75

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PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-33 (1) the exit criteria established in the report submitted under subsection (a) have been accomplished; (2) the technological maturity of key technologies for the program is sufficient to warrant entry of the program into the engineering and manufacturing development phase; and (3) the short take-off, vertical-landing aircraft variant selected for engineering and manufacturing development has successfully flown at least 20 hours. (c) TRANSFERS WITHIN THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER NAVY AND AIR FORCE ACCOUNTS.— (1) The Secretary of Defense may, subject to established congressional notification and reprogramming procedures, transfer within the Joint Strike Fighter program the following amounts: (A) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for PE 64800N, up to $100,000,000 to PE 63800N. (B) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for PE 64800F, up to $100,000,000 to PE 63800F. (2) The transfer authority authorized in paragraph (1) is in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001. SEC. 213. FISCAL YEAR 2002 JOINT FIELD EXPERIMENT. (a) REQUIREMENTS. — The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a joint field experiment in fiscal year 2002. The Secretary shall ensure that the planning for the joint field experiment is carried out in fiscal year 2001. (b) PURPOSE.— The purpose of the joint field experiment is to explore critical war fighting challenges at the operational level of war that will confront United States joint military forces after 2010. (c) PARTICIPATING FORCES.— (1) The joint field experiment shall involve elements of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and shall include special operations forces. (2) The forces designated to participate in the joint field experiment shall exemplify the concepts for organization, equipment, and doctrine that are conceived for the forces after 2010 under Joint Vision 2010 and Joint Vision 2020 (issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and the current vision statements of the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, including the following concepts: (A) Army medium weight brigades. (B) Navy Forward-From-The-Sea. (C) Air Force expeditionary aerospace forces. (d) REPORT. —Not later than March 1, 2001, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the concept plan for the joint field experiment required under subsection (a). The report shall include the following: (1) The objectives of the experiment. (2) The forces participating in the experiment. (3) The schedule and location of the experiment. (4) For each joint command, defense agency, and service component participating in the experiment, an identification of— (A) the funding required for the experiment by that command, agency, or component; and