FUND TRANSFER AUTHORITY

SEC. 3124. FUND TRANSFER AUTHORITY (a) In General.— Funds appropriated pursuant to this title may be transferred to other agencies of the Government for the performance of the work for which the funds were appropriated, and funds so transferred may be merged with the appropriations of the agency to which the funds are transferred. (b) Nuclear Directed Energy Weapons Concepts.— The Secretary of Defense may transfer to the Secretary of Energy not more than $100,000,000 of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 1991 to the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Defense Agencies for the performance of work on the Strategic Defense Initiative. Funds so transferred— (1) may be used only for research and testing for nuclear directed energy weapons concepts, including plant and capital equipment related thereto; and (2) shall be merged with funds appropriated to the Department of Energy. (c) Inertial Confinement Fusion Programs.— The Secretary of Defense may transfer to the Secretary of Energy not more than $12,000,000 of the funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for the inertial confinement fusion program. Funds so transferred shall be merged with funds appropriated to the Department of Energy national security programs for research and development.