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 PUBLIC LAW 99-661—NOV. 14, 1986

100 STAT. 3849

"(1) that Defense research facilities are assigned broad mission requirements rather than specific hardware needs; "(2) that appropriate personnel of such facilities are assigned to serve as consultants on component and support system standardization; "(3) that the managers of such facilities have broad latitude to ^ choose research and development projects; j "(4) that technology position papers prepared by Defense Contracts. ^ research facilities are readily available to all combatant commands and to contractors who submit bids or proposals for Department of Defense contracts; and "(5) that, in order to promote increased consideration of technological issues early in the development process, any position paper prepared by a Defense research facility on a technological issue relating to a major weapon system, and any technological assessment made by such facility in the case of such component, is made a part of the records considered for the purpose of making milestone O, I, and II decisions. "(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: "(1) The term 'Defense research facility' means a Department of Defense facility which performs or contracts for the performance of— "(A) basic research; or "(B) applied research known as exploratory development. "(2) The term 'milestone O decision' means a decision made within the Department of Defense that there is a mission need , for a new major weapon system and that research and development is to begin to meet such need. "(3) The term 'milestone I decision' means [a]/[the] selection by an appropriate official of the Department of Defense of a new major weapon system concept and a program for demonstration I and validation of such concept. "(4) The term 'milestone II decision' means approval by an i appropriate official of the Department of Defense for the fullscale development of a new major weapon system.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "2364. Coordination and communication of Defense research activities.". SEC. 235. COOPERATIVE MEDICAL RESEARCH WITH VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION

(a) FUNDING.—Of the amount authorized in section 201 for the Defense Agencies, $20,000,000 is available only for cooperative medical research to be administered by the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs. (b) DEADLINE.—Not later than 30 days after the enactment of a law making appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1987, the Secretary of Defense shall make available to the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs the amount referred to in subsection (a).

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