MC–130H AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

SEC. 143. MC–130H AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. The limitation on the obligation of funds for payment of an award fee and the procurement of contractor-furnisned equipment for the MC–130H Combat Talon aircraft set forth in section 161(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–189; 103 Stat. 1388) shall cease to apply upon determination by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (and submission of a certification of that determination to the congressional defense committees) that, based on the operational test and evaluation and the analysis conducted on that aircraft to the date of that determination, such aircraft is operationally effective and meets the needs of its intended users.