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 115 STAT. 2286 PUBLIC LAW 107-117—JAN. 10, 2002 Reports. Deadline. Deadline. Reports. (2) continued innovation in the development and manufacture of military aircraft; (3) actual and future capability of more than one aircraft company to design, engineer, produce and support military aircraft. (b) STUDY OF IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRIAL BASE. —In order to determine the current and future adequacy of the military aircraft industrial base a study shall be conducted. Of the funds made available under the heading "PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE" in this Act, up to $1,500,000 may be made available for a comprehensive analysis of and report on the risks to innovation and cost of limited or no competition in contracting for military aircraft and related weapon systems for the Department of Defense, including the cost of contracting where there is no more than one primary manufacturer with the capacity to bid for and build military aircraft and related weapon systems, the impact of any limited competition in primary contracting on innovation in the design, development, and construction of military aircraft and related weapon systems, the impact of limited competition in primary contracting on the current and future capacity of manufacturers to design, engineer and build military aircraft and weapon systems. The Secretary of Defense shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the design of this analysis, and shall submit a report to these committees no later than 6 months from the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 8163. In addition to the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act, $5,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002, is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall make a grant in the amount of $5,200,000 to the Armed Forces Retirement Homes. SEC. 8164. (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— Not later than March 15, 2002, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing an assessment of current risks under, and various alternatives to, the current Army plan for the destruction of chemical weapons. (b) ELEMENTS. —The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A description and assessment of the current risks in the storage of chemical weapons arising from potential terrorist attacks. (2) A description and assessment of the current risks in the storage of chemical weapons arising from storage of such weapons after April 2007, the required date for disposal of such weapons as stated in the Chemical Weapons Convention. (3) A description and assessment of various options for eliminating or reducing the risks described in paragraphs (1) and (2). (c) CONSIDERATIONS.— In preparing the report, the Secretary shall take into account the plan for the disassembly and neutralization of the agents in chemical weapons as described in Army engineering studies in 1985 and 1996, the 1991 Department of Defense Safety Contingency Plan, and the 1993 findings of the National Academy of Sciences on disassembly and neutralization of chemical weapons.

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