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 PUBLIC LAW 93-155-NOV. 16, 1973

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of any component of the armed forces unless the average student load of that component for that fiscal year has been authorized by law, "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a written report, not later than March 1 of each fiscal year, recommending the average student load for each category of training for each component of the armed forces for the next three fiscal years, and shall include in that report justification for, and explanation of, the average student loads recommended. "§ 139. Secretary of Defense: weapons development and procurement schedules for armed forces; reports; supplemental reports " (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress each calendar year, at the same time the President submits the budget to Congress under section 11 of title 31, a written report regarding development and procurement schedules for each weapon system for which fund authorization is required by section 138(a) of this title, and for which any funds for procurement are requested in that budget. The report shall include data on operational testing and evaluation for each weapon system for which funds for procurement are requested (other than funds requested only for the procurement of units for operational testing and evaluation, or long lead-time items, or both). A weapon system shall also be included in the annual report required under this subsection in each year thereafter until procurement of that system has been completed or terminated, or the Secretary of Defense certifies, in writing, that such inclusion would not serve any useful purpose and gives his reasons therefor. "(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit a supplemental report to Congress not less than thirty, or more than sixty, days before the award of any contract, or the exercise of any option in a contract, for the procurement of any such weapon system (other than procurement of units for operational testing and evaluation, or long lead-time items, or both), unless— "(1) the contractor or contractors for that system have not yet been selected and the Secretary of Defense determines that the submission of that report would adversely affect the source selection process and notifies Congress in writing, prior to such award, of that determination, stating his reasons therefor; or " (2) the Secretary of Defense determines that the submission of that report would otherwise adversely affect the vital security interests of the United States and notifies Congress in writing of that determination at least thirty days prior to the award, stating his reasons therefor. "(c) Any report required to be submitted under subsection (a) or (b) shall include detailed and summarized information with respect to each weapon system covered, and specifically include, but not be limited to— "(1) the development schedule, including estimated annual costs until development is completed; "(2) the planned procurement schedule, including the best estimate of the Secretary of Defense of the annual costs and units to be procured until procurement is completed; and "(3) to the extent required by the second sentence of subsection (a), the result of all operational testing and evaluation up to the time of the submission of the report, or, if operational testing and evaluation has not been conducted, a statement of the reasons therefor and the results of such other testing and evaluation as has been conducted. " (d) I n the case of any weapon system for which procurement funds have not been previously requested and for which funds are first

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