UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES.

SEC. 221. UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES. (a) Procurement Funding Request — The funding request for procurement for unmanned aerial vehicles for any fiscal year shall be set forth under the funding requests for the military departments in the budget of the Department of Defense. (b) Transfer of Program Management.— Program management for the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, and programmed funding for such vehicle for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 (as set forth in the future-years defense program), shall be transferred to the Department of the Air Force, effective October 1, 1996, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later. (c) Prohibition on Providing Operating Capability from Naval Vessels.— No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be obligated for purposes of providing the capability of the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to operate from naval vessels.