AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS OR COMBATING TERRORISM PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

SEC. 1010. AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS OR COMBATING TERRORISM PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) Authorization.—There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2003 for the military functions of the Department of Defense, in addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated in titles I, II, and III, the amount of $814,300,000, to be available, in accordance with subsection (b), for the following purposes: (1) Research, development, test, and evaluation for ballistic missile defense programs of the Missile Defense Agency of the Department of Defense. (2) Activities of the Department of Defense for combating terrorism at home and abroad. (b) Allocation by President.—(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a) shall be allocated between the purposes stated in paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection in such manner as may be determined by the President based upon the national security interests of the United States. The amount authorized in subsection (a) shall not be available for any other purpose. (2) Upon an allocation of such amount by the President, the amount so allocated shall be transferred to the appropriate regular authorization account under this division in the same manner as provided in section 1001. Transfers under this paragraph shall not be counted for the purposes of section 1001(a)(2). (3) Not later than 15 days after an allocation is made under this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing the President’s allocation, the basis for the President’s determination in making such allocation, and the Secretary’s plan for the use by the Department of Defense of the funds made available pursuant to such allocation.116 STAT. 2637