FOLLOW-ON TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH.

SEC. 234. FOLLOW-ON TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. (a) Follow-on Anti-Ballistic Missile Technologies.—To effectively develop technologies relating to achieving the goal specified in section 232(a) and to provide future options for protecting the security of the United States and the allies and friends of the United States, robust funding for research and development for promising follow-on anti-ballistic missile technologies, including Brilliant Pebbles, is required. (b) Exclusion From Initial Plan.—Deployment of Brilliant Pebbles is not included in the initial plan for the limited defense system architecture described in section 232(a). (c) Report and Limitation.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on conceptual and burden snaring issues associated with the option of deploying space-based interceptors (including Brilliant Pebbles) for the purpose of providing global defenses against ballistic missile attacks. Not more than 50 percent of the funds made available for the purposes described in section 237(b)(3) for the Space-Based Interceptors program element for fiscal year 1992 may be obligated for the Brilliant Pebbles program until 45 days after submission of the report.