FUNDING FOR THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989

SEC. 221. FUNDING FOR THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1989 (a) Amounts Authorized.—Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 201 or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for research, development, test and evaluation for fiscal year 1989, not more than $3,738,000,000 may be obligated for the Strategic Defense Initiative. (b) Restriction on Use of Funds.—Amounts appropriated to or for the use of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1989 may not be used to establish a Strategic Defense System Operational Test and Evaluation activity. (c) Report by Secretary of Defense.—Before the adjournment sine die of the second session of the One Hundredth Congress, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) program of the Strategic Defense Initiative. The report shall include a discussion of the following matters with respect to the SBI program: (1) Role of SBI in the Phase One architecture. (2) SBI performance in the current system concept. (3) SBI cost projections. (4) Technology progress and plans. (5) Launch requirements. (6) Other programmatic details.