ARROW TACTICAL ANTI-MISSILE PROGRAM.

SEC. 238. ARROW TACTICAL ANTI-MISSILE PROGRAM. (a) Endorsement of Cooperative Research and Development.—Congress reiterates its endorsement (previously stated in section 225(a)(5) of Public Law 101–510 (104 Stat. 1515) and section 241(a) of Public Law 102–190 (105 Stat. 1326)) of a continuing program of cooperative research and development, jointly funded by the United States and Israel, on the Arrow Tactical Anti-Missile program. (b) Program Goal.—The goal of the cooperative program is to demonstrate the feasibility and practicality of the Arrow system and to permit the government of Israel to make a decision on its own initiative regarding deployment of that system without financial participation by the United States beyond the research and development stage. (c) Arrow Continuing Experiments.—The Secretary of Defense, from amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense pursuant to section 201 for Defense-wide activities and available for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, shall fund the United States contribution to the fiscal year 1994 Arrow Continuing Experiments program in an amount not to exceed $56,400,000. (d) Arrow Deployability Initiative.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may obligate funds appropriated pursuant to section 201 in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 for the purpose of research and development of technologies associated with deploying the Arrow missile in the future (including technologies associated with battle management, lethality, system integration, and test bed systems). (2) Funds may not be obligated for the purpose stated in paragraph (1) (other than as required to satisfy the conditions set forth in this paragraph) unless the President certifies to Congress that— 107 STAT. 1602 (A) the United States and the government of Israel have entered into an agreement governing the conduct and funding of research and development projects for the purpose stated in paragraph (1); (B) each project in which the United States will join under that agreement (i) will have a benefit for the United States, and (ii) has not been barred by other congressional direction; (C) the Arrow missile has successfully completed a flight test in which it intercepted a target missile under realistic test conditions; and (D) the government of Israel is continuing, in accordance with its previous public commitments, to adhere to export controls pursuant to the Guidelines and Annex of the Missile Technology Control Regime. (e) Sense of Congress on Expediting Test Program.—It is the sense of Congress that, in order to expedite the test program for the Arrow missile, the United States should seek to initiate with the government of Israel discussions on the agreement referred to in subsection (d)(2)(A) without waiting for the condition specified in subsection (d)(2)(C) to be met first.