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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-23 (3) The evaluation process that will be used to support decisionmaking on the course of the Army transformation, including a description of the operational evaluations and experimentation that will be used to validate the operational requirements for the operational requirements document of the objective force. If any of the information required by paragraphs (1) through (3) is not available at the time the report is submitted, the Secretary shall include in the report the anticipated schedule for the availability of that information. (c) COSTS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MEDIUM ARMORED COMBAT VEHICLES FOR THE INTERIM BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS.—(1) The Secretary of the Army shall develop a plan for comparing— (A) the costs and operational effectiveness of the infantry carrier variant of the interim armored vehicles selected for the infantry battalions of the interim brigade combat teams; and (B) the costs and operational effectiveness of the troopcarrying medium armored vehicles currently in the Army inventory for the use of infantry battalions. (2) The Secretary of the Army may not carry out the comparison described in paragraph (1) until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense approves the plan for that comparison developed under that paragraph. (d) LIMITATION PENDING RECEIPT OF SECRETARY OF THE ARMY REPORT.— Not more than 80 percent of the amount appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the procurement of armored vehicles in the family of new medium armored vehicles may be obligated until— (1) the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees the report required under subsection (a); and (2) a period of 30 days has elapsed from the date of the submittal of such report. (e) LIMITATION PENDING COMPARISON AND CERTIFICATION.— No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of the Army for any fiscal year may be obligated for acquisition of medium armored combat vehicles to equip a third interim brigade combat team until— (1) the plan for a comparison of costs and operational effectiveness developed under subsection (c)(1), as approved under subsection (c)(2), is carried out; (2) the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees, after the completion of the comparison referred to in paragraph (1), a certification that— (A) the Secretary approves of the obligation of funds for that purpose; and (B) the force structure resulting from the acquisition and subsequent operational capability of interim brigade combat teams will not diminish the combat power of the Army; and (3) a period of 30 days has elapsed from the date of the certification under paragraph (2). (f) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: (1) The term "transformation", with respect to the Army, means the actions being undertaken to transform the Army, as it is constituted in terms of organization, equipment, and doctrine in 2000, into the objective force. 7&-194O-00-3:QL3Part3

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