PUBLIC LAW 99-145—NOV. 8, 1985
99 STAT. 613
PART B—STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE SEC. 221. FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 1986
Of the amount authorized in section 201 for the Defense Agencies, $2,750,000,000 is available for the Strategic Defense Initiative, of which $12,500,000 is available only for the medical application of free-electron lasers and associated material and physical science research.
Ante, p. 605.
SEC. 222. REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPLOYMENT OF STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE SYSTEM
10 USC 139 note.
A strategic defense system developed as a consequence of research, development, test, and evaluation conducted on the Strategic Defense Initiative program may not be deployed in whole or in part unless— (1) the President determines and certifies to Congress in writing that— (A) the system is survivable (that is, the system is able to maintain a sufficient degree of effectiveness to fulfill its mission, even in the face of determined attacks against it); and (B) the system is cost effective at the margin to the extent that the system is able to maintain its effectiveness against the offense at less cost than it would take to develop offensive countermeasures and proliferate the ballistic missiles necessary to overcome it; and (2) funding for the deployment of such system has been specifically authorized by legislation enacted after the date on which the President makes the certification to Congress. SEC 223. REPORTS ON STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (a) REPORT ON POTENTIAL RESPONSES TO S D I AND ON R D T & E
COSTS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report as to— (A) what probable responses can be expected from potential enemies should the Strategic Defense Initiative programs be carried out to procurement and deployment, such as what increase may be anticipated in offensive enemy weapons in an enemy's attempt to penetrate the defensive shield by increasing the numbers or qualities of its offensive weapons; (B) what can be expected from potential enemies in the deployment of weapons not endangered by the Strategic Defense Initiative, such as cruise missiles and low trajectory submarine missiles; (C) the degree of the dependency of success for the Strategic Defense Initiative upon a potential enemy's anti-satellite weapons capability; and (D) the cost estimates for the research, development, test, and evaluation for the proposed Strategic Defense Initiative. (2) The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted to Congress with the request of the Secretary of Defense for appropriations for the Strategic Defense Initiative for fiscal year 1987. Ob) REPORT ON PROCUREMENT AND DEPLOYMENT COSTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the cost estimates for procurement and deployment of Strategic Defense Initiative programs. The report shall be submitted as soon as pos-
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