Sec. 216. MANAGEMENT OF NAVY MINE COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAMS

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## SEC. 216 MANAGEMENT OF NAVY MINE COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAMS ###

(a)Responsibility Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall have the primary responsibility for developing and testing naval mine countermeasures systems during fiscal years 1996 through 2011. ###

(b)Waiver Authority The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in subsection

(a)with respect to any fiscal year if, coincident with the submission of the budget for that fiscal year, the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that— ####

(1)the Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, has submitted to the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Defense has forwarded to the congressional defense committees, an updated mine countermeasures master plan that identifies— #####

(A)technologies having promising potential for use for improving mine countermeasures; and #####

(B)programs for advancing those technologies into production; ####

(2)the budget submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for that fiscal year and the future years defense program submitted to Congress in connection with that budget pursuant to section 221 of title 10, United States Code, propose sufficient resources for executing the updated mine countermeasures master plan and, by so certifying, ensures that the budget meets the requirements of section 2437 of title 10, United States Code; ####

(3)the responsibilities of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council under subsections

(b)and

(d)of section 181 of title 10, United States Code, have been carried out with respect to the updated mine countermeasures master plan, the budget resources for mine countermeasures for that fiscal year, and the future years defense program for mine countermeasures; and ####

(4)the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has determined that the budget resources for mine countermeasures and the updated mine countermeasures master plan are sufficient. ###

(c)Notification of Certain Proposed Changes ####

(1)In general With respect to a fiscal year, the Secretary may not carry out any change to the naval mine countermeasures master plan or the budget resources for mine countermeasures with respect to that fiscal year until after the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics submits to the congressional defense committees a notification of the proposed change. Such notification shall describe the nature of the proposed change and the effect of the proposed change on the naval mine countermeasures program or related programs with respect to that fiscal year. ####

(2)Exception Paragraph

(1)does not apply to a change if both— #####

(A)the amount of the change is below the applicable reprogramming threshold; and #####

(B)the effect of the change does not affect the validity of the decision to certify. * * * * * * * # TITLE VII HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS * * * * * * * ### Part B Health Care Management * * * * * * *