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 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 105 STAT. 1321 (B) the amount of the funds that the Secretary intends to obligate in each of fiscal years 1992 through 1997 for such program; and (C) the earliest date on which a SICBM mobile basing option will be available in the event that conditions warrant a rebasing of the missile from existing Minuteman ICBM silos. (c) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 1992, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the cost and practicality of extending the service life of existing Minuteman III ICBMs beyond the year 2010. (d) AvAiLABiuTY OF UNOBLIGATED FISCAL YEAR 1991 FUNDS.— (1) Of the balance of the amount appropriated for the Air Force for fiscal year 1991 for research, development, test, and evaluation for ICBM modernization that remains available for obligation, $17,500,000 may, to the extent provided in appropriations Acts, be used during fiscal year 1992 for obligation for the procurement of MX missiles. (2) The authority provided in paragraph (1) does not extend the period of the availability for obligation of the funds referred to in that paragraph. (3) The authority provided in paragraph (1) is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this or any other Act. PART C—MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM Missile Defense Act of 1991. SEC. 231. SHORT TITLE. 10 USC 2431 note. This part may be cited as the "Missile Defense Act of 1991". SEC. 232. MISSILE DEFENSE GOAL OF THE UNITED STATES. (a) MISSILE DEFENSE GOAL.—It is a goal of the United States to— (1) deploy an anti-ballistic missile system, including one or an adequate additional number of anti-ballistic missile sites and space-based sensors, that is capable of providing a highly effective defense of the United States against limited attacks of ballistic missiles; (2) maintain strategic stability; and (3) provide highly effective theater missile defenses (TMDs) to forward-deployed and expeditionary elements of the Armed Forces of the United States and to friends and allies of the United States. 0?) ENDORSEMENT OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES.—As an additional component of the overall goal of protecting the United States Eigainst the threat posed by ballistic missiles. Congress endorses such additional measures as— (1) joint discussions between the United States and the Soviet Union on strengthening nuclear command and control, to include discussions concerning the use of permissive action links and post-launch destruct mechanisms on all intercontinentalrange ballistic missiles of the two nations; (2) reductions that enhance stability in strategic weapons of the United States and Soviet Union to levels below the limitations of the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) Treaty, to include the down-loading of multiple warhead ballistic missiles; and (3) reinvigorated efforts to halt the proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction.

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