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 103 STAT. 1388 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 ships and shall specify the operational concept for the use of those ships in contingencies requiring sealift and in routine fleet operations. SEC. 155. TRANSFER OF A-6 AIRCRAFT TO THE NAVY The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer all Marine Corps A-6 Intruder aircraft from the Marine Corps to the Navy not later than September 30, 1994. SEC. 156. REPORT REGARDING TRIDENT SUBMARINE CONSTRUCTION RATE (a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a written report, in both a classified and unclassi- fied version, evaluating the practicality and desirability of reducing the rate at which Trident submarines are procured. 0>) PREPARATION AND CONTENT. —In preparing the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider alternative construc- tion rates for the Trident submarine, each of which shall provide for a construction rate slower than one ship per year. The Secretary shall include in the report with respect to each such alternative rate— (1) an evaluation of the effect of the alternative rate on— (A) the availability and capability of the Trident sub- marine to perform the mission assigned to it; and (B) the level and stability of the work force in the naval shipbuilding industry; and (2) a discussion of the practicality and desirability of accel- erating the procurement of other vessels for the Navy with funds saved by using the alternative rate. (c) TIME FOR SUBMISSION.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted concurrently with the submission of the budget for fiscal year 1991 to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. PART G—NONSTRATEGIC AIR FORCE PROGRAMS SEC. 161. MC-130H (COMBAT TALON) AIRCRAFT PROGRAM (a) REQUIRED CERTIFICATION.— Funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may not be obligated for the payment of an award fee and the procurement of contractor-furnished equipment for the MC-130H Combat Talon aircraft until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation determines (and certiftes under subsection (c)) that the results of qualification test and evaluation and of qualifica- tion operational test and evaluation demonstrate that such aircraft is capable of performing terrain following/terrain avoidance flight profiles as prescribed in the approved test and evaluation master plan for the Combat Talon II program dated September 1988. 0>) LIMITATION ON PRODUCTION OPTION FOR AVIONICS INTEGRA- TION.—If the certification under subsection (a) is made after April 30, 1990, the Secretary of the Air Force may not incur any costs to the Government when the Secretary executes the production option for avionics integration for the MC-130H program for fiscal year 1990 in excess of the costs that the Secretary would have incurred for such purpose in April 1990.

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