BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS FOR PROCUREMENT FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS.

SEC. 232. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS FOR PROCUREMENT FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS. (a) Requirement for Inclusion in Budget of BMDO.—(1) Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 222 the following new section: “§ 224. Ballistic missile defense programs: display of amounts for procurement “(a) Requirement.—Any amount in the budget submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31 for any fiscal year for procurement for a Department of Defense missile defense program described in subsection (b) shall be set forth under the account of the Department of Defense for Defense-wide procurement and, within that account, under the subaccount (or other budget activity level) for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.111 STAT. 1663 “(b) Covered Programs.—Subsection (a) applies to the following missile defense programs of the Department of Defense: “(1) The National Missile Defense Program. “(2) Any system that is part of the core theater missile defense program. “(3) Any other ballistic missile defense program that enters production after the date of the enactment of this section and for which research, development, test, and evaluation was carried out by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. “(c) Core Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Program.—For purposes of this section, the core theater missile defense program consists of the systems specified in section 234 of the Ballistic Missile Defense Act of 1995 (10 U.S.C. 2431 note).”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 222 the following new item: “224. Ballistic missile defense programs: display of amounts for procurement.”. (b) Fiscal Year 1998 Funds.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall transfer to appropriations available to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization for procurement for fiscal year 1998 any amounts that are appropriated for procurement for that fiscal year for any of the Armed Forces by reason of the transference of certain programs to accounts of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps pursuant to Program Budget Decision 224C3, signed by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) on December 23, 1996. (2) Any transfer pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be counted for purposes of section 1001.