TRANSFER OF FOLLOW-ON TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.

SEC. 243. TRANSFER OF FOLLOW-ON TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS. (a) Management Responsibility.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall provide that management 107 STAT. 1606and budget responsibility for research and development of any program, project, or activity to develop far-term follow-on technology relating to ballistic missile defense shall be provided through the Advanced Research Projects Agency or the appropriate military department. (b) Waiver Authority.—The Secretary may waive the provisions of subsection (a) in the case of a particular program, project, or activity if the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that it is in the national security interest of the United States to provide management and budget responsibility for that program, project, or activity through the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. (c) Report Required.—As a part of the report required by section 231(e), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report identifying— (1) each program, project, and activity with respect to which the Secretary has transferred management and budget responsibility from the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization in accordance with subsection (a); (2) the agency or military department to which each such transfer was made; and (3) the date on which each such transfer was made. (d) Definition.—For the purposes of this section, the term “far-term follow-on technology” means a technology that is not incorporated into a ballistic missile defense architecture and is not likely to be incorporated within 15 years into a weapon system for ballistic missile defense. (e) Conforming Amendment.—Section 234 of the Missile Defense Act of 1991 is repealed.