PUBLIC LAW 96-342—SEPT. 8, 1980
94 STAT. 1079
ing conducted by the Army, the PATRIOT missile system is suitable for hardware production. TITLE II-RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 201. (a) Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1981 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for research, development, test, and evaluation, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: For the Army, $3,248,005,000. For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $5,112,775,000, of which $45,251,000 is authorized only for the research, development, test, and evaluation of Lightweight Armored Vehicles. For the Air Force, $7,159,857,000. For the Defense Agencies, $1,367,802,000, of which $42,100,000 is authorized for the activities of the Director of Test and Evaluation, Defense. (b) In addition to the funds authorized to be appropriated in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1981 such additional sums as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by law for civilian employees of the Department of Defense whose compensation is provided for by funds authorized to be appropriated in this title. MX MISSILE AND BASING MODE
SEC. 202. (a) The Congress finds that a survivable land-based Congressional intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system is vital to the secu- f^f,^"^^;, rity of the United States and to a stable strategic balance between the 10 USC 139 note. United States and the Soviet Union and that timely deployment of a new basing mode is essential to the survivability of this Nation's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. It is, therefore, the purpose of this section to commit the Congress to the development and deployment of the MX missile system, consisting of 200 missiles and 4,600 hardened shelters, and to insure that deployment of the entire MX system is carried out as soon as practicable. (b) The Secretary of Defense shall proceed immediately with the full-scale engineering development of the MX missile and a Multiple Protective Structure (MPS) basing mode and shall continue such development in a manner that will achieve an Initial Operational Capability of such missile and basing mode not later than December 31, 1986. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the initial phase of construction shall be limited to 2,300 protective shelters for the MX missile in the initial deployment area. (d) In accordance with the finding of the Congress expressed in study. subsection (a), a full system of at least 4,600 protective shelters may be deployed in the initial deployment area if, after completion of a study to be conducted by the Secretary of Defense of an alternate site for a portion of the system, it is determined by the Congress that adverse cost, military considerations, or other reasons preclude split basing.
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