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 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 105 STAT. 1319 (3) Identification of the funds requested for fiscal year 1993 for ship-to-shore fire support, identification of plans and programs for ship-to-shore fire support programs in future years, and a description of the plan of the Navy for improving ship-to-shore fire support in the near term (with improvements that are capable of being introduced into the fleet within five years). (c) SECOND REPORT.— No later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a second report on ship-to-shore fire support. That report shall include the following: (1) A cost and operational effectiveness analysis (COEA) based on the requirements and technologies identified in the report under subsection (b), to include evaluation of the effectiveness and use of gun, multiple-launch rocket, and missile systems for surface fire support, both independently and in conjunction with fires from attack helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft. (2) The near-term plans and the long-term plans of the Navy for meeting its ship-to-shore fire support requirements and a description of the research, development, test, and evaluation programs and of the procurement programs to be carried out in support of those plans. (d) INDEPENDENT STUDY AND ANALYSIS. —(1) The Secretary of De- Reports. fense shall provide for an independent study of naval ship-to-shore fire support requirements to be conducted by the Institute for Defense Analysis, a Federal contract research center. The study shall include (A) an assessment of the operational requirements of the Navy and of the Marine Corps for naval surface fire support of amphibious and strike operations and an independent review and analysis of alternative candidates for meeting both near-term requirements and long-term requirements for ship-to-shore fire support, and (B) an evaluation of the use and cost effectiveness of gun, multiple-launch rocket, and missile systems for ship-to-shore fire support. The Institute shall submit interim and final reports to the Secretary on such study at such times as the Secretary may require. (2) The Secretary shall submit an interim report on the results of the study under paragraph (1) to the congressional defense committees within six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The interim report shall focus on near-term systems and concepts that can be introduced into the fleet within five years and shall identify the preferred technologies for development in the near term. (3) The Secretary shall submit a final report on the results of the study to the congressional defense committees within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The final report shall include a more thorough survey of the available and projected technologies that may be relevant to the mission requirements of the Navy for surface ship-to-shore fire support during the period ten-to-fifteen years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated pursuant to authorizations of appropriations in this Act for the Navy ship-to-shore fire support program— (1) up to $2,500,000 may be used for the study required by subsection (b) and for the cost and operational effectiveness analysis required under subsection (c); and (2) up to $1,500,000 may be used for the study required under subsection (d).

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