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 PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2627

use by the Soviet Union of chemical weapons against United States and allied forces; (3) whether the binary chemical modernization program proposed by the Department of Defense is adequate to support United States national security policy by posing a credible deterrent to chemical warfare; and (4) the ability of defensive measures alone to meet the Soviet chemical warfare threat and the adequacy of funding for current and projected defensive measure programs. (b) The President shall submit to Congress the report of the Commission, together with the President's comments on the report. not later than April 1, 1985. RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR THE B-IB BOMBER AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

SEC. 1512. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization contained in this Act may be obligated or expended for the conduct of research, design, demonstration, development, or procurement of more than 100 B-IB bomber aircraft (including any derivative or modified version of such aircraft) unless the Secretary of Defense first notifies the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives of the specific purpose for which the funds are proposed to be used and the amount proposed to be expended for that purpose. CONFIGURATION OF THE FFG-7 CLASS GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE

SEC. 1513. The Secretary of the Navy may determine the configuration of the FFG-7 class guided missile frigate for which funds were appropriated in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-212; 97 Stat. 1421), without regard to the provisions relating to the design of that frigate in the paragraph in title IV of that Act under the heading "SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY". P R O H I B I T I O N A G A I N S T U S I N G F U N D S A P P R O P R I A T E D FOR THE ADVANCED

TECHNOLOGY BOMBER AND THE ADVANCED CRUISE MISSILE PROGRAMS FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE

SEC. 1514. (a) It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the capabilities inherent in the technologies associated with the Advanced Technology Bomber program and the Advanced Cruise Missile program are a critical national security asset for maintaining an adequate and credible deterrent posture; (2) such technologies and programs should be developed as rapidly as feasible in order to produce and deploy advanced systems which will complicate the military planning of the Soviet Union and as a consequence enhance the deterrent posture of the United States; (3) such technologies and programs should be funded at the levels authorized in this Act; and (4) all the funds appropriated for such programs should be fully used for such programs. (b) None of the funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations in this Act to carry out the Advanced Technology

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