[Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2004]
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Sec. 8061. Funds available to the Department of Defense under the 
heading, ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Wide,'' 
may be used to develop and field an initial set of missile defense 
capabilities, and such fielding shall be considered to be system 
development and demonstration for purposes of any law governing the 
development and production of a major defense acquisition program. The 
initial set of missile defense capabilities is defined as the ``Block 
04'' Ballistic Missile Defense system funded in fiscal years 2004 and 
2005. Subsequent blocks of missile defense capabilities shall be subject 
to existing laws governing development and production of major defense 
acquisition programs.