ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE RELAY SYSTEM

SEC. 217. ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE RELAY SYSTEM (a) System Requirements.— The Secretary of Defense shall develop and carry out a plan for a system other than, and in the place of, the currently planned MILSTAR communications satellite system to meet requirements for an advanced communications satellite relay system. The system to be developed and carried out shall either be a restructured MILSTAR program or an alternative advanced communications satellite relay system and shall be developed with the objectives of— (1) substantially reducing the cost of the program compared to the present cost of the MILSTAR program as currently planned; (2) increasing the utility of the program for tactical forces; and (3) eliminating unnecessary capabilities for protracted nuclear warfighting missions and operations. (b) Report.— Not later than April 1, 1991, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the104 STAT. 1511 system planned under subsection (a), as provided in the classified and unclassified joint statement of managers accompanying the conference report on H.R. 4739 of the One Hundred First Congress. (c) Funding Limitation.— Except as provided in subsection (d), of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1991, not more than a total of $600,000,000 may be obligated or expended for the following: (1) The MILSTAR program. (2) The restructured MILSTAR program or the proposed alternative system required under subsection (a), whichever is developed. (d) Transfer Authority.— (1) The Secretary of Defense may transfer to the MILSTAR program (including the restructured MILSTAR program or the alternative system) amounts of authoriza-applicable reprogramming procedures. The amount of the limitation in subsection (c) shall be increased by any amount so transferred. (2) The authority to transfer funds under this section is not in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1401. (3) The Secretary shall promptly notify the congressional defense committees of any transfer proposed to be made under this subsection. (e) Transfers Within the MILSTAR Program.— (1) Subject to the limitation in subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may transfer amounts of authorizations made available for the restructured MILSTAR program or the alternative system between title I and title II for use for the restructured MILSTAR program or the alternative system. (2) The authority to transfer funds under this section is not in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1401. (3) The Secretary shall promptly notify the congressional defense committees of any transfer made under this subsection. (f) Inapplicability of Section.— This section does not apply— (1) to the extremely high frequency communications package for the ultra high frequency follow-on satellite program; or (2) to the extremely high frequency terminal programs of the Navy.