IIA
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2786
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 31, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
AN ACT
To authorize additional appropriations for the Department
of Defense for ballistic missile defenses and other meas-
ures to counter the emerging threat posed to the United
States and its allies by the accelerated development and
deployment of ballistic missiles by nations hostile to
United States interests.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Theater Missile De-
fense Improvement Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Development of medium-range ballistic mis-
siles by potential adversaries, such as Iran, has pro-
ceeded much more rapidly than previously antici-
pated by the United States Government.
(2) Existence of such missiles in potentially
hostile nations constitutes a serious threat to United
States forces, allies, and friends in the Middle East
and Persian Gulf region and cannot be adequately
countered by currently deployed ballistic missile de-
fense systems.
(3) It is a matter of high national interest to
quickly reduce the vulnerability of United States
forces, allies, and friends to these threats.
(4) Meaningful and cost effective steps to re-
duce these vulnerabilities are available and should be
pursued expeditiously.
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SEC. 3. ACCELERATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
PROGRAMS TO COUNTER ENHANCED BALLIS-
TIC MISSILE THREAT.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1998 for De-
fense-wide research, development, test, and evaluation in
the amount of $147,000,000, to be available as follows:
(1) JOINT COMPOSITE TRACKING NETWORK.—
$35,000,000 to be available for the Joint Composite
Tracking Network program.
(2) PATRIOT REMOTE LAUNCH CAPABILITY.—
$15,000,000 to be available to accelerate develop-
ment of the remote launch capability for the Patriot
Advanced Capability (PAC–3) missile defense sys-
tem.
(3) PAC–3 AND NAVY AREA DEFENSE TESTS.—
$40,000,000 to be available to test the capabilities
of the Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC–3) missile
defense system, and to test the capabilities of the
Navy Area Defense System, against missiles with
the range of the Iranian ballistic missiles under de-
velopment.
(4) 
EARLY
WARNING
ENHANCEMENT.—
$6,000,000 to be available for improved integration
of the various elements of the SHIELD system.
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(5) PAC–3 
PRODUCTION
RATE
ENHANCE-
MENTS.—$41,000,000 to be available for production
rate enhancements for the Patriot Advanced Capa-
bility (PAC–3) missile defense system.
(6) ISRAELI
ARROW
MISSILE
DEFENSE
SYS-
TEM.—$10,000,000 to be available to improve inter-
operability of the Israeli Arrow tactical ballistic mis-
sile defense system with United States theater mis-
sile defense systems.
SEC. 4. IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER POSSIBLE ACTIONS.
(a) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense
shall identify actions in addition to those authorized by
section 3 that could be taken by the Department of De-
fense to counter the threats posed to the United States
and its national security interests by the development or
acquisition of medium-range ballistic missiles by Iran and
other nations.
(b) SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN.—The Sec-
retary specifically shall explore—
(1) additional cooperative measures between the
Department of Defense and the Ministry of Defense
of Israel to further enhance Israel’s ability to defend
itself against the threat posed by ballistic missiles
deployed by Iran and other nations; and
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(2) actions within the existing Navy Theater
Wide Missile Defense System program that could
provide additional capabilities useful to addressing
the threat posed by medium-range ballistic missiles
within one to two years.
(c) 
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COORDINATION.—The
Secretary shall undertake appropriate intergovernmental
and interagency coordination that would be necessary to
the conduct of any of the actions identified pursuant to
subsection (a).
SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to Congress a report providing—
(1) a description of the Secretary’s plans for
use of funds appropriated pursuant to the authoriza-
tions of appropriations in this Act; and
(2) a description of possible additional actions
identified by the Secretary pursuant to section 4(a)
and the steps taken or planned (as of the time of
the report) to carry out section 4(c).
SEC. 6. OFFSETTING REDUCTIONS IN AUTHORIZATIONS.
The total amount authorized in section 201 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
(Public Law 105–85) to be appropriated for fiscal year
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1998 for research, development, test, and evaluation for
the Department of Defense is hereby reduced by
$147,000,000, of which—
(1) $126,000,000 is to be derived from savings
from the use of advisory and assistance services by
the Department of Defense in accordance with sec-
tion 8041 of the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–56; 111 Stat.
1230); and
(2) $21,000,000 is to be derived from savings
from the use by the Department of Defense of de-
fense federally funded research and development
centers in accordance with section 8035 of the De-
partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998
(Public Law 105–56; 111 Stat. 1227).
Passed the House of Representatives March 30,
1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.