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 97 STAT. 694 PUBLIC LAW 98-94—SEPT. 24, 1983 Report to congressional committees. Report to Congress. Written assessment. system) have been designed and functionally integrated and the system has been validated; (3) contractors for the full-scale engineering development of • such a missile system have been selected and contracts have been awarded to those contractors; and (4) full-scale engineering development of such a missile system has begun. (c)(l) Not later than January 15 of each year from 1984 through 1988, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report— (A) on the progress being made with respect to the develop- ment and deployment of the MX missile system; (B) on the progress being made with respect to the develop- ment and testing of a small mobile intercontinental ballistic missile system; and (C) on developments related to silo-hardening technoloffi^. (2) In each report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall certify whether the Department of Defense is developing a small mobile intercontinental ballistic missile system with a missile that weighs ,no more than 33,000 pounds and that is planned to carry no more than a single warhead. (d) If at any time during the development of the small mobile intercontinental ballistic missile it appears that the weight of the missile when deployed will exceed 30,000 pounds, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to Congress stating the projected weight of the missile and providing an explanation of the reasons for the weight exceeding 30,000 pounds and the anticipated effects that weight could have on the mobility and blast resistance of the missile system. (e) The President shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent|itives, coincident with the submission to the Congress of any request made after the date of the enactment of this Act for funds for th* procurement of operational MX missiles intended for deployment, a written assess- ment relating to the requirement for and the anticipated impact of the procurement of such missiles. This assessment shall include the President's judgment with respect to— (A) the degree to which current and projected international conditions require the procurement of such rtiissiles for oper- ational purposes; (B) the expected impact the procurement of such missiles will have on the stability of the strategic balance between the United States and the Soviet Union; and (C) the effect the procurement of such missiles, if approved by the Congress, will likely have on achieving negotiated reduc- tions in the nuclear forces of the United States and the Soviet Union through sound, equitable, and verifiable arms control agreements. SMALL, MOBILE, SINGLE WARHEAD ICBKIS SEC. 1232. It is the sense of the Congress that the design, develop- ment, and testing of small, mobile, single warhead intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) be pursued as a matter of the highest national priority. To achieve this objective, the administration should proceed without delay to engineering design of a small, single

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