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 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-43 Subtitle D—High Energy Laser Programs SEC. 241. FUNDING. (a) FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.— (1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4), $30,000,000 is authorized for high energy laser development. (2) Funds available under this subsection are available to supplement the high energy laser programs of the military departments and Defense Agencies, as determined by the official designated under section 243. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—I t is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Department of Defense should establish funding for high energy laser programs within the science and technology programs of each of the military departments and the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; and (2) the Secretary of Defense should establish a goal that basic, applied, and advanced research in high energy laser technology should constitute at least 4.5 percent of the total science and technology budget of the Department of Defense by fiscal year 2004. SEC. 242. IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH ENERGY LASER MASTER PLAN. The Secretary of Defense shall implement the management and organizational structure specified in the Department of Defense High Energy Laser Master Plan of March 24, 2000. SEC. 243. DESIGNATION OF SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR HIGH ENERGY LASER PROGRAMS. (a) DESIGNATION. — The Secretary of Defense shall designate a single senior civilian official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (in this subtitle referred to as the "designated official") to chair the High Energy Laser Technology Council called for in the master plan referred to in section 242 and to carry out responsibilities for the programs for which funds are provided under this subtitle. The designated official shall report directly to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics for matters concerning the responsibilities specified in subsection (b). (b) RESPONSIBILITIES. — The primary responsibilities of the designated official shall include the following: (1) Establishment of priorities for the high energy laser programs of the military departments and the Defense Agencies. (2) Coordination of high energy laser programs among the military departments and the Defense Agencies. (3) Identification of promising high energy laser technologies for which funding should be a high priority for the Department of Defense and establishment of priority for funding among those technologies. (4) Preparation, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Directors of the Defense Agencies, of a detailed technology plan to develop and mature high energy laser technologies. (5) Planning and programming appropriate to rapid evolution of high energy laser technology. (6) Ensuring that high energy laser programs of each military department and the Defense Agencies are initiated and

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