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 PUBLIC LAW 90-22-JUNE 5, 1967

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[81 STAT.

Public Law 90-22 June 5, 1967 [S. 666]

AN ACT To authorize appropriations during the fiscal year 1968 for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles, and research, development, test, and evaluation for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled, Armed Forces. Appropriation authorization, 1968.

of the

TITLE I-PROCUKEMENT SEC. 101. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during the fiscal year 1968 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: Aircraft For aircraft: For the Army, $768,700,000; for the Navy and the Marine Corps, $2,527,100,000; for the Air Force, $5,770,000,000. Missiles For missiles: For the Army, $769,200,000; for the Navy, $625,600,000; for the Marine Corps, $23,100,000; for the Air Force, $1,343,000,000. Naval Vessels For naval vessels: For the Navy, $1,605,900,000, of which amount $249,600,000 is authorized only for the construction of two nuclear powered guided-missile frigates. The contracts for the construction of the two nuclear powered guided-missile frigates shall be entered into as soon as practicable unless the President fully advises the Congress that their construction is not in the national interest. Tracked Combat Vehicles For tracked combat vehicles: For the Army, $424,700,000; for the Marine Corps, $5,100,000. TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION SEC. 201. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated during the fiscal year 1968 for the use of the Armed Forces of the United States for research, development, test, and evaluation, as authorized by law, in amounts as follows: For the Army, $1,539,000,000; For the Navy (including the Marine Corps), $1,864,118,000. Due regard shall be given in all appropriate naval research programs to benefits which may accrue therefrom to the American Merchant Marine; For the Air Force, $3,313,514,000, of which amount $51,000,000 is authorized only for the development of an advanced manned strategic aircraft; For the Defense agencies, $464,000,000. SEC. 202. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense during fiscal year 1968 for use as an emergency fund for research, development, test, and evaluation or procurement or production related thereto, $125,000,000.

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