(1) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to economic inflation after Sep-
tember 30, 2005. 
(2) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to compliance with changes in 
Federal, State, or local laws enacted after Sep-
tember 30, 2005. 
(c) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF PROGRAM CHANGES.—
The Secretary of the Navy shall annually submit to Con-
gress, at the same time as the budget is submitted under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, written 
notice of any change in any of the amounts set forth in 
subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal year that the 
Secretary has determined to be associated with a cost re-
ferred to in subsection (b). 
SEC. 122. LHA REPLACEMENT AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP 
PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION OF COSTS.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), the total amount obligated or expended for 
procurement of each ship of the LHA Replacement 
(LHA(R)) amphibious assault ship program may not ex-
ceed $2,000,000,000. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF LIMITATION AMOUNT.—The 
Secretary of the Navy may adjust the amount set forth
in subsection (a) for the program referred to in that sub-
section by the following: 
(1) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to economic inflation after Sep-
tember 30, 2005. 
(2) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to compliance with changes in 
Federal, State, or local laws enacted after Sep-
tember 30, 2005. 
(c) WRITTEN NOTICE OF CHANGE IN AMOUNT.—The 
Secretary of the Navy shall annually submit to Congress, 
at the same time as the budget is submitted under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, written notice of 
any change in the amount set forth in subsection (a) dur-
ing the preceding fiscal year that the Secretary has deter-
mined to be associated with a cost referred to in sub-
section (b). 
(d) LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT FUNDS.—Funds 
available to the Navy for Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy, may be obligated or expended for procurement for 
the LHA Replacement ship program only after the Sec-
retary of Defense certifies in writing to the congressional 
defense committees that—
(1) the Joint Requirements Oversight Council 
has approved a detailed Operational Requirements 
Document for the program; and 
(2) there exists a stable design for the LHA(R) 
class of vessels. 
(e) STABLE DESIGN.—For purposes of this section, 
the design of a class of vessels shall be considered to be 
stable when no substantial change to the design is antici-
pated. 
SEC. 123. FUTURE MAJOR SURFACE COMBATANT, DE-
STROYER TYPE. 
(a) LIMITATION OF COSTS.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), the total amount obligated or expended for 
procurement of each ship for the future major surface 
combatant, 
destroyer 
type, 
may 
not 
exceed 
$1,700,000,000 (such amount being the estimated total 
procurement end cost of that ship in the fiscal year 2006 
budget). 
(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF LIMITATION AMOUNT.—The 
Secretary of the Navy may adjust the amount set forth 
in subsection (a) for the ship type referred to in that sub-
section by the following: 
(1) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to economic inflation after Sep-
tember 30, 2005.
(2) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to compliance with changes in 
Federal, State, or local laws enacted after Sep-
tember 30, 2005. 
(c) WRITTEN NOTICE OF CHANGE IN AMOUNT.—The 
Secretary of the Navy shall annually submit to Congress, 
at the same time as the budget is submitted under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, written notice of 
any change in the amount set forth in subsection (a) dur-
ing the preceding fiscal year that the Secretary has deter-
mined to be associated with a cost referred to in sub-
section (b). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount provided in section 201(2) for Research and De-
velopment, Navy, for fiscal year 2006, $700,000,000 is 
available for technology development and demonstration 
for the ship referred to in subsection (a). 
(e) ACQUISITION PLAN.—In developing the acquisi-
tion plan for the future major surface combatant, de-
stroyer type, the Secretary shall ensure that the resulting 
acquisition program—
(1) uses technologies from the DD(X) and 
CG(X) programs, as well as any other technology 
the Secretary considers appropriate;
(2) has an overall capability not less than that 
of the Flight IIA version of the Arleigh Burke 
(DDG–51) class destroyer; and 
(3) would be ready for lead-ship procurement 
not later than fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 124. LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION OF COSTS.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), the total amount obligated or expended for 
procurement of each ship for the Littoral Combat Ship 
(LCS) program, including amounts for mission modules, 
may not exceed $400,000,000 (such amount being the es-
timated total procurement end cost of that ship in the fis-
cal year 2006 budget). 
(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF LIMITATION AMOUNT.—The 
Secretary of the Navy may adjust the amount set forth 
in subsection (a) for the ships referred to in that sub-
section by the following: 
(1) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to economic inflation after Sep-
tember 30, 2005. 
(2) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to compliance with changes in 
Federal, State, or local laws enacted after Sep-
tember 30, 2005.