Sec. 1691. Limitation on availability of funds for ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system
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Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for the ground-based midcourse defense element of the ballistic missile defense system, $50,000,000 may not be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional defense committees— a written certification that the risk of mission failure of ground-based midcourse interceptor enhanced kill vehicles due to foreign object debris has been minimized; or if the certification under paragraph
(1)cannot be made, a briefing on the corrective measures that will be carried out to minimize such risk, including— a timeline for the implementation of the measures; and the estimated cost of implementing the measures.