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 98 STAT. 2628

PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984

Bomber program or the Advanced Cruise Missile program may be used for any other purpose. PART C—MISCELLANEOUS DEFENSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS EXTENSION OF TIME FOR REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY THE MILITARY JUSTICE ACT OF 1983

10 USC 867 note. SEC. 1521. Section 9(b)(4) of the Mihtary Justice Act of 1983 (Public 10 USC 867. Law 98-209; 97 Stat. 1404) is amended by striking out "the first day of the ninth calendar month that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 15, 1984". STUDY OF FOREIGN SALES AND PROCUREMENT OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

Commerce and trade.

SEC. 1522. (a)(1) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall carry out a study to assess how the adequacy of the industrial base of the United States in the event of a war or national emergency is affected— (A) by procurement by the Department of Defense of defense articles that are produced outside the United States or that are assembled from components, or fabricated from materials, produced outside the United States; and (B) by sales by the Department of Defense or commercial manufacturers of defense articles manufactured in the United States to purchasers outside the United States. (2) For the purposes of this section, the term "foreign-component defense article" means a defense article— (A) that was produced outside the United States; (B) that was assembled from over 50 percent components, or fabricated from over 50 percent materials, produced outside the United States; or (C) that contains a major component that was produced outside the United States. (b) The study under subsection (a) shall assess the effects of restrictions on the procurement of foreign-component defense articles on the overall United States balance of trade, on the balance of trade in defense articles, on treaties currently in effect, on the budgetary cost of national defense, on existing memoranda of understanding, on United States military alliances, and on efforts to increase the rationalization, standardization, and interoperability of articles used by North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces. (c) Restrictions to be considered for the purposes of subsection (b) shall include— (1) a prohibition on procurement of foreign-component defense articles; (2) a prohibition on procurement of a defense article (or a major component of a defense article) from a foreign source unless there is also a domestic producer of the article; (3) a prohibition on procurement of defense articles (and major components of defense articles) from a country with which the United States has an unfavorable balance of trade in defense articles; and (4) a prohibition on procurement of a defense article (or a major component of a defense article) from a foreign source of

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