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(a) Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force shall be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for the E–7 Wedgetail program, in an amount not to exceed $199,676,000, only for the purpose of continued rapid prototyping activities, to maintain program schedule and transition to production for the E–7 Wedgetail program: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air Force shall obligate such funds without reserving the full estimated cancellation liability for the effort: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act, including prior Acts and laws other than appropriations Acts, may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the E–7 Wedgetail aircraft program or to prepare to pause, cancel, or terminate such program. (b) Of the unobligated balance of funds made available to the Department of Defense for the E–7 program under the heading Aircraft Procurement, Air Force in Public Law 119–4, $200,000,000 is hereby transferred to and merged with amounts available for the E–7 program under the heading Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force only for the purpose of continued rapid prototyping activities, to maintain program schedule and transition to production for the E–7 Wedgetail program.