(b) APPROVAL BY JROC REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
of Defense may not authorize a new program start for 
the next-generation heavy lift rotocraft until the single 
joint requirement required by subsection (a) has been ap-
proved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. 
SEC. 220. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TAC-
TICAL RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. 
(a) INTERIM TACTICAL RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.—
The Secretary of Defense shall—
(1) assess the immediate requirements of the 
military departments for tactical radio communica-
tions systems; and 
(2) ensure that the military departments rap-
idly acquire tactical radio communications systems 
utilizing existing technology or mature systems read-
ily available in the commercial marketplace. 
(b) JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM.—
(1) MILESTONE B.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall apply Department of Defense Instruction 
5000.2 to the Joint Tactical Radio System in a 
manner that does not permit the Milestone B en-
trance requirements to be waived. 
(2) MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS.—The head of the 
single joint program office designated under section 
213 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 
1416) shall manage and control all research and de-
velopment funds for the entire Joint Tactical Radio 
System, including all waveform development. 
(c) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED.—Not 
later than February 14, 2006, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives a report on the implementation 
of this section. 
SEC. 221. LIMITATION ON SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND 
DEMONSTRATION OF PERSONNEL RECOVERY 
VEHICLE. 
None of the amounts made available pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 201 for systems 
development and demonstration of the Personnel Recovery 
Vehicle may be obligated until 30 days after the Secretary 
of Defense submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees each of the following: 
(1) The Secretary’s certification that the re-
quirements and schedule for the Personnel Recovery 
Vehicle have been validated by the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logis-
tics.
(2) The Secretary’s certification that all tech-
nologies required to meet the requirements (as vali-
dated under paragraph (1)) for the Personnel Recov-
ery Vehicle are mature and demonstrated in a rel-
evant environment. 
(3) The Secretary’s certification that no other 
aircraft, and no other modification of an aircraft, in 
the inventory of the Department of Defense can 
meet the requirements (as validated under para-
graph (1)) for the Personnel Recovery Vehicle. 
(4) A statement setting forth the independent 
cost estimate and manpower estimate (as required 
by section 2434 of title 10, United States Code) for 
the Personnel Recovery Vehicle. 
SEC. 222. SEPARATE PROGRAM ELEMENT REQUIRED FOR 
EACH SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION PROJECT. 
(a) PROGRAM ELEMENTS SPECIFIED.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that a project is assigned 
a separate, dedicated program element if—
(1) the project is carried out or proposed to be 
carried out using amounts for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation activities; and