Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, tit. I, subtit. E, sec. 142

NATO JOINT SURVEILLANCE/TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM.

EnactedYear: 1997Length: 275 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 142. NATO JOINT SURVEILLANCE/TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM. (a) Funding.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this title and title II are available for a NATO alliance ground surveillance capability that is based on the Joint Surveillance/ Target Attack Radar System of the United States, as follows: (1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 101(5), $26,153,000. (2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 103(1), $10,000,000. (3) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(1), $13,500,000.111 STAT. 1654 (4) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated under section 201(3), $26,061,000. (b) Authority.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may utilize authority under section 2350b of title 10, United States Code, for contracting for the purposes of Phase I of a NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance capability that is based on the Joint Surveillance/Target Attack Radar System of the United States, notwithstanding the condition in such section that the authority be utilized for carrying out contracts or obligations incurred under section 27(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2767(d)). (2) The authority under paragraph (1) applies during the period that the conclusion of a cooperative project agreement for a NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance capability under section 27(d) of the Arms Export Control Act is pending, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. (c) Modification of Air Force Aircraft.—Amounts available pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (a) may be used to provide for modifying two Air Force Joint Surveillance/Target Attack Radar System production aircraft to have a NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance capability that is based on the Joint Surveillance/Target Attack Radar System of the United States.