SPACE LAUNCH MODERNIZATION.

SEC. 211. SPACE LAUNCH MODERNIZATION. (a) Funding.— Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 201(3) are authorized to be made available for space launch modernization for purposes and in amounts as follows: (1) For the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, $44,457,000. (2) For a competitive reusable launch vehicle program (program element 6340 IF), $25,000,000. (b) Limitations.— (1) Of the funds made available for the reusable launch vehicle program pursuant to subsection (a)(2), the total amount obligated for such purpose may not exceed the total amount allocated in the fiscal year 1997 current operating plan of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the Reusable Space Launch program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (2) Of the funds made available for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program pursuant to subsection (a)(1), the total amount obligated for such purpose may not exceed $20,000,000 until the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that the Secretary has made available for obligation the funds, if any, that are made available for the Reusable Launch Vehicle program pursuant to subsection (a)(2). (c) Coordination of Engine Testing.— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 110 STAT. 2453Administration shall submit to Congress a joint plan for coordinating and eliminating unnecessary duplication in the operations and planned improvements of rocket engine and rocket engine component test facilities managed by the Department of the Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The plan shall provide, to the extent practical, for the development of commonly funded and commonly operated facilities.