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 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1391 SEC. 166. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR PROCUREMENT OF F-16 AIRCRAFT PENDING APPROVAL OF CERTAIN PLANS RESPECTING AIR- LAND FIRE SUPPORT FOR GROUND COMBAT FORCES (a) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR F-16 AIRCRAFT.—I f by April 1, Reports. 1990, the Secretary of Defense does not submit to the congresssional defense committees a report in writing containing a certification described in subsection 0)), then after that date funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may not be expended for the procurement of F-16 aircraft until such a report is submitted to those committees. 0?) CERTIFICATION.—A certification referred to in subsection (a) is a certification by the Secretary of Defense of both of the following; (1) That the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense— (A) has approved a test plan for the evaluation of systems for providing air-land fire support for ground combat forces systems that is sufficiently flexible to allow for evaluation of any current system and any feasible future system for such purpose; and (B) has approved a test plan for the evaluation of both the upgrade program proposed for the F-16 aircraft and the upgrade program proposed for the A-10 aircraft for close air support (including night time operations). (2) That any fixed-wing aircraft operated after July 1, 1990, at California. the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, will be fully integrated into the range instrumentation system to the same extent as attack helicopters. PART H—CHEMICAL MUNITIONS SEC. 171. RESTRICTION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR PROCUREMENT OF BINARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS (a) 155-MILUMETER BINARY CHEMICAL MUNITIONS. —None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 1990 for procurement of ammunition for the Army may be used for production of 155-millimeter binary chemical munition M687 projec- tiles until— (1) the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional j^ defense committees a certification described in subsection Oa); S» and (2) a period of two weeks elapses after the date on which such certification is received. 0>) REQUIRED CERTIFICATION.— A certification by the Secretary of the Army under subsection (a) must state— (1) that, based on deliveries of M20 plastic, M20 steel, and .^ M21 components of the M687 projectile accepted by the Govern- '* ment from the incumbent contractor— (A) the incumbent contractor has demonstrated monthly delivery rates of those components sufficient to eliminate before October 1, 1990, the production backlog of all those components for the M687 rounds authorized for production for fiscal years 1986, 1987, and 1988; '*"' ' (B) the components and rounds for which delivery has been accepted conform to the contract specifications at the - time that the Government entered into the contract; and

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