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 PUBLIC LAW 99-591—OCT. 30, 1986

100 STAT. 3341-98

September 30, 1988: Provided, That such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to have been made available in other appropriations available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year for programs related to advanced research may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be available for the same purposes and time period: Provided further. That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to carry out the purposes of advanced research to those appropriations for military functions under the Department of Defense which are being utilized for related programs to be merged with and to be available for the same time period as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That $200,000,000 is available to the Secretary of Defense only for the Conventional Defense Initiatives (GDI) program, which shall include conventional defense initiatives and conventional applications of the technologies developed under the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): Provided further. That such funds shall be under the control and management of the Secretary of Defense, who, with the concurrence of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall develop a plan for the utilization of emerging technologies for conventional applications including such technologies applicable from the Strategic Defense Initative: Provided further. That not more than $100,000,000 of these funds shall be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense identifies the specific technology development efforts to be drawn from SDI, and the conventional defense applications for which they will be utilized. None of the restricted funds shall be obligated or expended until 15 days after the Secretary of Defense provides such notification to Congress, but not earlier than July 1, 1987: Provided further. That no portion of the $200,000,000 made available to the Secretary of Defense be applied to any program, project, or activity in support of the Strategic Defense Initiative: Provided further. That $55,000,000 of funds made available for the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) Program may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense certifies that the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have negotiated revised funding arrangements for NASP development which significantly increase NASA investment as a percentage of total NASP research, development, test and evaluation costs and which incorporate mandatory industry investment out of private capital. DEVELOPMENTAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of independent activities of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Developmental Test and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of developmental test and evaluation, including performance of joint developmental testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection therewith; $105,546,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1988. OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of operational test and evaluation, including initial operational test and evaluation which is

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