ADVANCED SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

SEC. 241. ADVANCED SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM (a) Fiscal Year 1989 Funding.—(1) Of the amount appropriated pursuant to section 201 for Defense Agencies, the Secretary of Defense shall make $65,000,000 available only for the purpose of continuing the Advanced Submarine Technology Program initiated in section 211 of Public Law 100–180 (101 Stat. 1048). Amounts appropriated for such purpose for fiscal year 1989 may be used only for that program. (2) The Secretary of Defense may use funds appropriated for fiscal year 1989 for such program only— (A) for submarine hull, mechanical, and electrical technologies; and 102 STAT. 1945 (B) for nonnuclear propulsion technologies. (3) Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1989 for such program may be used for research relating to the effect on submarine design of weapons, sensors, or communications equipment, but may not be used for research on weapons, sensors, or communications equipment. (4) Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1989 for such program may be used only for exploratory development, advanced technology development, and (as necessary) basic research to support the overall objectives of the program. (b) Purpose of Program.—(1) Congress established the Advanced Submarine Technology Program in light of the large amount of activity by the Soviet Union in the area of naval submarines and the declining advantage of the United States in submarine technology. (2) The purpose of the Advanced Submarine Technology Program is to explore innovative state-of-the-art technologies for advanced submarines and to augment the existing United States submarine technology base in order to establish a sound and increasing submarine technology base. (3) Congress recognizes that research and development activities with respect to submarine weapons and sensors and high density innovative and advanced nuclear plant systems are necessary and important. However, in light of the purpose of the program to augment the submarine technology base, Congress has in this section provided separate authorization for funding to augment the technology base for submarine hull, mechanical, and electrical systems. (4) Section 211(a) of Public Law 100–180 is amended— (A) by striking out the second and third sentences of paragraph (1); and (B) by striking out paragraph (2). (c) Management of Program by DARPA.—In carrying out the provisions of section 211(a) of Public Law 100–180 that the Advanced Submarine Technology Program be carried out through the Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencies (DARPA), the Secretary of Defense shall provide that the overall management of the execution of such program, including the administration of funds appropriated for the program, be vested in the Director. In managing such program, the Director shall take into consideration the advice of the advisory board established pursuant to congressional direction as part of the fiscal year 1988 budget process. (d) Five-Year Plan.—(1) Not later than October 31, 1988, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report setting forth a detailed five-year plan for the Advanced Submarine Technology Program. The plan shall update the report submitted pursuant to section 211(b)(1) of Public Law 100–180. (2) The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) Identification of each of the technologies to be studied or developed under the program. (B) With respect to each of the technologies to be developed— (i) identification of responsibility for the execution of the program and the management of the program; and (ii) milestones for obligating funds under the program and for major program reviews under the program. (3) Section 211(b)(2) of Public Law 100–180 is repealed. 102 STAT. 1946 (e) Annual Reports.—Not later than December 1 of each of the years 1989 through 1994, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the Advanced Submarine Technology Program. Each report shall describe— (1) the activities carried out under the program during the preceding fiscal year; (2) the obligation of funds for the program during that fiscal year; (3) activities accomplished under the program during that fiscal year; (4) ongoing activities under the program; and (5) major decisions made by the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that were not supported by the advice of the advisory board referred to in subsection (c) and the reasons why the decisions were so made. Each such report shall also describe how the matters set forth in paragraphs (1) through (4) meet the criteria established in the five-year plan for the program set out in the report under subsection (d). (f) Program Duration.—In providing funds under this section for the Advanced Submarine Technology Program for fiscal year 1989, Congress expects that the program will be continued in the five-year defense plan of the Secretary of Defense and that the management of the program will continue to be executed through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for an additional three-to-five years. (g) Prohibition on Contractor Management.—The Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, may not carry out the Advanced Submarine Technology Program through obligation of all funding to a single contractor or through the use of management by a single public or private shipyard. The Director, in allocating funds under the program and in light of the purposes of the program, shall seek to obligate funds to a wide variety of recipients.