BALANCED TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE

SEC. 211. BALANCED TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE (a) Amounts Authorized.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 201 for fiscal year 1990, $238,082,000 shall be available for research and development under the Balanced Technology Initiative program. (b) Determination of Source of Funds.—The Secretary of Defense shall determine the amount of funds appropriated to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Agencies pursuant to section 201 for fiscal year 1990 that are to be allocated for the Balanced Technology Initiative. (c) Prohibition Regarding Undistributed Reductions.—No portion of any undistributed reduction (under this Act or any other Act) may be applied against the funds specified in subsection (a) or against any funds made available for the Balanced Technology Initiative for fiscal year 1990 that are in addition to the amount specified in subsection (a). (d) Prohibition on Use of Funds for SDI.—None of the funds made available for the Balanced Technology Initiative by subsection (a) may be used in connection with any program, project, or activity in support of the Strategic Defense Initiative. (e) Annual Report.—Not later than March 15 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Balanced Technology Initiative and related matters. Each such report shall include the following: (1) A current assessment of the extent to which advanced technologies can be used to exploit potential vulnerabilities of hostile threats to the national security of the United States. (2) Identification of each program, project, and activity being pursued under the Balanced Technology Initiative and, with respect to each such program, project, and activity, the amount made available pursuant to this section and the source of such amount. (3) For each program, project, and activity for which funds are made available pursuant to this section, a five-year funding plan that (A) provides for the allocation of sufficient resources to maintain adequate progress in research and development under such program, project, or activity, and (B) specifies the major programmatic and technical milestones and the schedule for achieving those milestones. (4) The status of each program, project, and activity being pursued under the Balanced Technology Initiative. 103 STAT. 1395 (5) Identification of other on-going or potential research and development programs, projects, and activities not currently provided for under this section that should be considered for inclusion under the Balanced Technology Initiative in order to improve conventional defense capabilities. (6) Identification of the most critical technologies for the successful development of existing or potential Balanced Technology Initiative programs, projects, and activities and an assessment of the current status of those technologies.