research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy, 
$100,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the 
Navy only to provide assistance under this section. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘shipyard’’ means a private ship-
yard located in the United States whose business in-
cludes the construction, repair, and maintenance of 
United States naval vessels. 
(2) The term ‘‘vessel’’ has the meaning given 
such term in title 1, United States Code. 
SEC. 226. RENEWAL OF UNIVERSITY NATIONAL OCEANO-
GRAPHIC LABORATORY SYSTEM FLEET. 
(a) PROGRAM PLAN.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall develop a plan for a program to renew the University 
National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) 
fleet. The Secretary shall include in the plan provisions 
for the construction of up to four Ocean-class ships. 
(b) FUNDING FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND FEASI-
BILITY STUDIES.—Of the amount provided in section 201 
for fiscal year 2006 for the Navy, $4,000,000 is available, 
through Program Element PE 63564N (Ship Preliminary 
Design and Feasibility Studies), to conduct feasibility as-
sessments and initiate design of the first Ocean-class ship 
that would be constructed under the program referred to 
in subsection (a).
SEC. 227. LIMITATION ON VXX HELICOPTER PROGRAM. 
No funds available to the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, or for pro-
curement, may be obligated for acquisition of pilot produc-
tion helicopters for the VXX helicopter program until the 
Secretary of the Navy certifies to the congressional de-
fense committees that the results of tests conducted by 
the fleet of test article helicopters for the VXX program 
demonstrate that VXX helicopters in the VXX mission 
configuration can be produced without significant further 
design modification. 
SEC. 228. FUNDING FOR SUPERSONIC CRUISE MISSILE EN-
GINE QUALIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount in section 201(3) for 
research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, is 
hereby increased by $10,000,000, to be available for su-
personic cruise missile engine qualification, program ele-
ment 0603216F, project 4921. 
(b) OFFSET.—The amount in section 104 for pro-
curement, 
Defense-wide, 
is 
hereby 
reduced 
by 
$10,000,000, to be derived from the chemical demilitariza-
tion program.
Subtitle C—Missile Defense 
Programs 
SEC. 231. REPORT ON CAPABILITIES AND COSTS FOR OPER-
ATIONAL BOOST/ASCENT-PHASE MISSILE DE-
FENSE SYSTEMS. 
(a) SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE ASSESSMENT.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the 
United States missile defense programs that are designed 
to provide capability against threat ballistic missiles in the 
boost/ascent phase of flight. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the assessment shall 
be to compare and contrast—
(1) capabilities of those programs (if oper-
ational) to defeat, while in the boost/ascent phase of 
flight, ballistic missiles launched from North Korea 
or a location in the Middle East against the conti-
nental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii; and 
(2) asset requirements and costs for those pro-
grams to become operational with the capabilities re-
ferred to in paragraph (1). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than October 1, 2006, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report providing the 
results of the assessment.