Sec. 233. Report on integration of Department of Defense intelligence, surveil-
lance, and reconnaissance capabilities. 
Sec. 234. Report on future research and development of man-portable and vehi-
cle-mounted guided missile systems. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 241. Access of the Director of the Test Resource Management Center to 
Department of Defense information. 
Sec. 242. Inclusion in annual budget request and future-years defense program 
of sufficient amounts for continued development and procure-
ment of competitive propulsion system for F-35 Lightning II. 
Sec. 243. Establishment of program to enhance participation of historically 
black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions 
in defense research programs. 
Sec. 244. Extension of authority to award prizes for advanced technology 
achievements. 
Sec. 245. Executive Agent for Advanced Energetics. 
Sec. 246. Study on thorium-liquid fueled reactors for naval forces. 
Sec. 247. Visiting NIH Senior Neuroscience Fellowship Program. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2010 for the use of the Department of Defense 
for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows: 
(1) For the Army, $10,506,731,000. 
(2) For the Navy, $19,622,528,000. 
(3) For the Air Force, $28,508,561,000. 
(4) 
For 
Defense-wide 
activities, 
$21,016,672,000, of which $190,770,000 is author-
ized for the Director of Operational Test and Eval-
uation.
Subtitle 
B—Program 
Require-
ments, Restrictions, and Limita-
tions 
SEC. 211. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR THE 
NAVY NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE NET-
WORK. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated described in subsection (b), not more than 
50 percent of the amounts remaining unobligated as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act may be obligated 
until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the congres-
sional defense committees a detailed architectural speci-
fication for the Next Generation Enterprise Network. 
(b) COVERED
AUTHORIZATIONS
OR
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated de-
scribed in this subsection are amounts authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2010 for— 
(1) operation and maintenance for the Con-
tinuity of Service Contract for the Navy-Marine 
Corps Intranet; and 
(2) research, development, test, and evaluation 
for the Next Generation Enterprise Network.
SEC. 212. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR 
JOINT MULTI-MISSION SUBMERSIBLE PRO-
GRAM. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2010 may be obligated 
or expended for the Joint Multi-Mission Submersible pro-
gram until the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the Director of National Intelligence— 
(1) completes an assessment on the feasibility 
of a cost-sharing agreement between the Department 
of Defense and the intelligence community (as that 
term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))), for the Joint 
Multi-Mission Submersible program; 
(2) submits to the congressional defense com-
mittees and the intelligence committees the assess-
ment referred to in paragraph (1); and 
(3) certifies to the congressional defense com-
mittees and the intelligence committees that the 
agreement developed pursuant to the assessment re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) represents the most effec-
tive and affordable means of delivery for meeting a 
validated program requirement.
SEC. 213. SEPARATE PROGRAM ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDI-
VIDUAL BODY ARMOR AND ASSOCIATED COM-
PONENTS. 
In the budget materials submitted to the President 
by the Secretary of Defense in connection with the submis-
sion to Congress, pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, of the budget for fiscal year 2011, 
and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall ensure 
that within each research, development, test, and evalua-
tion account a separate, dedicated program element is as-
signed to the research and development of individual body 
armor and associated components. 
SEC. 214. SEPARATE PROCUREMENT AND RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION LINE 
ITEMS AND PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR THE F– 
35B AND F–35C JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER AIR-
CRAFT. 
In the budget materials submitted to the President 
by the Secretary of Defense in connection with the submis-
sion to Congress, pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, of the budget for fiscal year 2011, 
and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall ensure 
that within the Navy research, development, test, and 
evaluation account and the Navy aircraft procurement ac-
count, a separate, dedicated line item and program ele-
ment is assigned to each of the F–35B aircraft and the 
F–35C aircraft, to the extent such accounts include fund-
ing for each such aircraft. 
SEC. 215. RESTRICTION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS PEND-
ING SUBMISSION OF SELECTED ACQUISITION 
REPORT. 
(a) RESTRICTION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—Of 
the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2010 for Research and Development, Army, for the de-
fense acquisition programs specified in subsection (b), not 
more than 50 percent may be obligated prior to the date 
on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congres-
sional defense committees the comprehensive annual Se-
lected Acquisition Report for each such program for fiscal 
year 2009, as required by section 2432 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(b) PROGRAMS SPECIFIED.—The defense acquisition 
programs specified in this subsection are the following: 
(1) Future Combat Systems program. 
(2) Warfighter information network tactical 
program. 
(3) Stryker vehicle program. 
(4) Joint Air-to-Ground Missile program. 
(5) Bradley Base Sustain program. 
(6) Abrams Tank Improvement program.
(7) Javelin program. 
SEC. 216. RESTRICTION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR FU-
TURE COMBAT SYSTEMS PROGRAM PENDING 
RECEIPT OF REPORT. 
Not more than 25 percent of the funds authorized 
to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for Research and Development, Army, for fiscal year 2010 
for the Future Combat Systems program may be obligated 
or expended until 15 days after the receipt of the report 
required by section 214(c) of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364). 
SEC. 217. LIMITATION OF THE OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR 
THE NET-ENABLED COMMAND AND CONTROL 
SYSTEM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated described in subsection (b), not more than 
25 percent of the amounts remaining unobligated as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act may be obligated 
until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congres-
sional defense committees a plan for reorganizing and con-
solidating the management of the Net-Enabled Command 
and Control system and the Global Command and Control 
System family of systems.
(b) COVERED
AUTHORIZATIONS
OR
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—The amounts authorized to be appropriated de-
scribed in this subsection are amounts authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2010 for the Net-Enabled 
Command and Control system in the following program 
elements: 
(1) 33158k. 
(2) 33158a. 
(3) 33158n. 
(4) 33158m. 
(5) 33158f. 
SEC. 218. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR F–35 
LIGHTNING II PROGRAM. 
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated or oth-
erwise made available for fiscal year 2010 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation for the F–35 Lightning 
II program, not more than 75 percent may be obligated 
until the date that is 15 days after the later of the fol-
lowing dates: 
(1) The date on which the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics 
submits to the congressional defense committees cer-
tification in writing that all funds made available for 
fiscal year 2010 for the continued development and
procurement of a competitive propulsion system for 
the F–35 Lightning II have been obligated. 
(2) The date on which the Secretary of Defense 
submits to the congressional defense committees the 
report required by section 123 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 
4376). 
(3) The date on which the Secretary of Defense 
submits to the congressional defense committees the 
annual plan and certification for fiscal year 2010 re-
quired by section 231a of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 219. PROGRAMS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE ARMY 
WITH GROUND COMBAT VEHICLE AND SELF- 
PROPELLED ARTILLERY CAPABILITIES. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—In accordance with the 
Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–43), the Secretary of Defense shall carry out 
programs to develop, test, and, when demonstrated oper-
ationally effective, suitable, survivable, and affordable, 
field new or upgraded Army ground combat vehicle and 
self-propelled artillery capabilities.
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1, 
2010, the Secretary of Defense shall deliver a report to 
the congressional defense committees that— 
(1) specifies what vehicles, or upgraded vehi-
cles, will constitute the Army’s ground combat vehi-
cle fleet in 2015; 
(2) includes the status, schedule, cost estimates, 
and requirements for the programs specified in para-
graph (1); 
(3) includes any Army force structure modifica-
tions planned that impact the requirements for new 
ground combat vehicles; 
(4) specifies, for each program included, the al-
ternatives considered during any analysis of alter-
natives, and why those alternatives were not selected 
as the preferred program option; 
(5) quantifies and describes the loss of knowl-
edge to the industrial base should a future self-pro-
pelled artillery cannon not be developed immediately 
following the cancellation of the Non-Line-of-Sight 
Cannon, a Manned Ground Vehicle of Future Com-
bat Systems; and 
(6) with respect to the Army’s future self-pro-
pelled howitzer artillery fleet, explains the Army’s 
plan to develop and field—
(A) automated ammunition handling; 
(B) laser ignition; 
(C) improved ballistic accuracy; 
(D) automated crew compartments; 
(E) hybrid-electric power; and 
(F) band track. 
(c) RESTRICTION
ON USE
OF FUNDS.—Of the 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under this Act for 
research, test, development, and evaluation for the Army 
for the program elements specified in subsection (d), not 
more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until 
15 days after the Secretary of Defense submits the report 
required under subsection (b). 
(d) PROGRAMS SPECIFIED.—The restriction on use 
of funds in subsection (c) covers the following Army pro-
gram elements: 
(1) Combat Vehicle Improvement Program, pro-
gram element 0203735A. 
(2) Advanced Tank Armament System, pro-
gram element 0603653A. 
(3) 
Artillery 
Systems, 
program 
element 
0604854A.
Subtitle C—Missile Defense 
Programs 
SEC. 221. INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM 
PROJECT. 
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for re-
search and development of the Army Integrated Air and 
Missile Defense project (program element 63327A), not 
more than 25 percent may be obligated until the Secretary 
of Defense has certified to the congressional defense com-
mittees that the Secretary has— 
(1) carried out a review of the project; 
(2) determined that the project is an affordable, 
executable project; 
(3) determined that the project meets a current 
required capability; and 
(4) determined that no other project could be 
executed, at a lower cost, that would be capable of 
fulfilling the required capability to the same or ap-
proximate level of effectiveness as the Army Inte-
grated Air and Missile Defense project. 
SEC. 
222. 
GROUND-BASED 
MIDCOURSE 
DEFENSE 
SUSTAINMENT AND MODERNIZATION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall carry out a sustainment and modernization program
to ensure the long-term reliability, availability, maintain-
ability, and supportability of the ground-based midcourse 
defense system to protect the United States against lim-
ited ballistic missile attacks whether accidental, unauthor-
ized, or deliberate. 
(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program required by 
subsection (a) shall include each of the following elements: 
(1) Sustainment and operations. 
(2) Aging and surveillance. 
(3) System and component level assessments, 
engineering analysis, and modeling and simulation. 
(4) Ground and flight testing. 
(5) Readiness exercises. 
(6) Modernization and enhancement. 
(7) Any other element the Secretary determines 
is appropriate. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In implementing the program 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
consult with the commanders of the appropriate combat-
ant commands to ensure the sustainment and moderniza-
tion requirements of such commands are reflected in such 
program. 
(d) BUDGET SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT.—For each 
budget submitted by the President to Congress under sec-
tion 1105 of title 31, the Secretary of Defense shall con-