EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON TESTING MID-INFRARED ADVANCED CHEMICAL LASER AGAINST AN OBJECT IN SPACE.

SEC. 213. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON TESTING MID-INFRARED ADVANCED CHEMICAL LASER AGAINST AN OBJECT IN SPACE. (a) Prohibition.— The Secretary of Defense may not carry out a test of the Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser (MIRACL) transmitter and associated optics against an object in space during fiscal year 1995 unless such testing is specifically authorized by law. (b) Certain Testing Unaffected.— Nothing in this section is intended to restrict the use of the Sealite Beam Director for the purpose of calibrating a satellite sensor, or for the purpose of imaging an object in space, in conjunction with a laser device other than the MIRACL device operating at an average power level not to exceed that used by other laser devices as of January 1, 1994, at other Department of Defense facilities for those purposes.