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(b) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR INCLUSION OF 
TECHNOLOGY AREA REVIEW
AND ASSESSMENT SUM-
MARIES.—Subsection (b) of such section is repealed. 
SEC. 225. SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVA-
TIVE SHIPBUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, PROC-
ESSES, AND FACILITIES. 
(a) PROGRAM FOR UNITED STATES PRIVATE SHIP-
YARDS.—The Secretary of the Navy shall establish a pro-
gram under which the Secretary shall provide funds, in 
such amounts as are made available to carry out this pro-
gram— 
(1) to qualified applicants to facilitate the de-
velopment of innovative design and production tech-
nologies and processes for naval vessels and the de-
velopment of modernized shipbuilding infrastructure; 
and 
(2) to private shipyards to facilitate their acqui-
sition of such technologies, processes, and infrastruc-
ture. 
(b) PURPOSES OF PROGRAM.—The purposes of the 
program referred to in subsection (a) are— 
(1) to improve the efficiency and cost-effective-
ness of the construction of naval vessels for the 
United States;
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(2) to enhance the quality of naval vessel con-
struction; and 
(3) to promote the international competitiveness 
of United States shipyards for the construction of 
commercial ships and naval ships intended for sale 
to foreign governments. 
(c) APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT FUNDING.— 
An entity requesting assistance under the program re-
ferred to in subsection (a) to develop new design or pro-
duction technologies or processes for naval vessels or to 
improve shipbuilding infrastructure shall submit to the 
Secretary of the Navy an application that describes the 
proposal of the entity and provides evidence of its capa-
bility to develop one or more of the following: 
(1) Numerically controlled machine tools, ro-
bots, automated process control equipment, comput-
erized flexible manufacturing systems, associated 
computer software, and other technology designed to 
improve shipbuilding and related industrial produc-
tivity. 
(2) Novel techniques and processes designed to 
improve shipbuilding quality, productivity, and prac-
tice on a broad and sustained basis, including in 
such areas as engineering design, quality assurance, 
concurrent engineering, continuous process produc-
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tion technology, employee skills enhancement, and 
management of customers and suppliers. 
(3) Technology, techniques, and processes ap-
propriate to enhancing the productivity of shipyard 
infrastructure. 
(d) SELECTION
OF
PARTICIPATING
ENTITIES.— 
Using the applications submitted under subsection (c), the 
Secretary of the Navy shall select entities to receive funds 
under subsection (a)(1) based on their ability to research 
and develop innovative technologies, processes, and infra-
structure to alleviate areas of shipyard construction ineffi-
ciencies discovered under the assessment described in sub-
section (f). 
(e) SHIPYARD USE OF DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGIES, 
PROCESSES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.—Upon making a de-
termination that a technology, process, or infrastructure 
improvement developed using funds provided under sub-
section (a)(1) will improve the productivity and cost-effec-
tiveness of naval vessel construction, the Secretary of the 
Navy may provide funds under subsection (a)(2) to a ship-
yard to facilitate the purchase of such technology, process, 
or infrastructure improvement. 
(f) ASSESSMENTS OF NAVAL VESSEL CONSTRUCTION 
INEFFICIENCIES.—
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(1) PERIODIC ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary of the Navy shall conduct, in the third 
quarter of each fiscal year or as often as necessary, 
an assessment of the following aspects of naval ves-
sel construction to determine where and to what ex-
tent inefficiencies exist and to what extent innovative 
design and production technologies, processes, and 
infrastructure can be developed to alleviate such in-
efficiencies: 
(A) Program design, engineering, and pro-
duction engineering. 
(B) Organization and operating systems. 
(C) Steelwork production. 
(D) Ship construction and outfitting. 
(2) RELATION
TO
INDEPENDENT
NAVY
SHIP 
CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT.—The assessments re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall occur subsequent to, 
and take into consideration the results of, the study 
of the cost effectiveness of the ship construction pro-
gram of the Navy required by section 1014 of the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 
Stat. 2041). 
(g) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 201(2) for
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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).
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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.
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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.
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SEC. 232. REQUIRED FLIGHT-INTERCEPT TEST OF BAL-
LISTIC 
MISSILE 
DEFENSE 
GROUNDBASED 
MIDCOURSE SYSTEM. 
Of the amount provided for the Missile Defense 
Agency in section 201(4) for defense-wide research, devel-
opment, 
test, 
and 
evaluation, 
the 
amount 
of 
$100,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for the Ballistic Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Seg-
ment, shall be provided to conduct one flight-intercept test 
of the Ballistic Missile Defense Groundbased Midcourse 
system in addition to the flight tests planned for that sys-
tem as of the submission of the President’s budget for fis-
cal year 2006. The interceptor for such additional flight- 
intercept test shall be launched from an operational silo, 
and the test shall be conducted as soon as practicable. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND 
MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. 
Sec. 302. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 303. Other Department of Defense programs. 
Subtitle B—Environmental Provisions 
Sec. 311. Revision of required content of environmental quality annual report. 
Sec. 312. Pilot project on compatible use buffers on real property bordering 
Fort Carson, Colorado. 
Sec. 313. Repeal of Air Force report on military installation encroachment 
issues. 
Sec. 314. Payment of certain private cleanup costs in connection with Defense 
Environmental Restoration Program. 
Sec. 315. Study on use of biodiesel and ethanol fuel. 
Subtitle C—Workplace and Depot Issues
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Sec. 321. Proceeds from cooperative activities with non-Army entities. 
Sec. 322. Public-private competition. 
Sec. 323. Public-private competition pilot program. 
Sec. 324. Sense of Congress on equitable legal standing for civilian employees. 
Subtitle D—Extension of Program Authorities 
Sec. 331. Extension of authority to provide logistics support and services for 
weapons systems contractors. 
Sec. 332. Extension and revision of temporary authority for contractor per-
formance of security guard functions. 
Subtitle E—Utah Test and Training Range 
Sec. 341. Definitions. 
Sec. 342. Military operations and overflights, Utah Test and Training Range. 
Sec. 343. Planning process for Federal lands in Utah Test and Training 
Range. 
Sec. 344. Designation and management of Cedar Mountain Wilderness, Utah. 
Sec. 345. Identification of additional Bureau of Land Management land in 
Utah as trust land for Skull Valley Band of Goshutes. 
Sec. 346. Relation to other lands and laws. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 351. Codification and revision of limitation on modification of major items 
of equipment scheduled for retirement or disposal. 
Sec. 352. Limitation on purchase of investment items with operation and main-
tenance funds. 
Sec. 353. Provision of Department of Defense support for certain paralympic 
sporting events. 
Sec. 354. Development and explanation of budget models for base operations 
support, sustainment, and facilities recapitalization. 
Sec. 355. Report on Department of Army programs for prepositioning of equip-
ment and other materiel. 
Sec. 356. Report regarding effect on military readiness of undocumented immi-
grants trespassing upon operational ranges. 
Sec. 357. Congressional notification requirements regarding placement of lique-
fied natural gas facilities, pipelines, and related structures on 
defense lands. 
Sec. 358. Report regarding army and air force exchange system management 
of army lodging. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2006 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for
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expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Army, $24,383,873,000. 
(2) For the Navy, $30,312,736,000. 
(3) For the Marine Corps, $3,631,277,000. 
(4) For the Air Force, $30,559,135,000. 
(5) 
For 
Defense-wide 
activities, 
$18,375,781,000. 
(6) For the Army Reserve, $1,998,282,000. 
(7) For the Naval Reserve, $1,245,695,000. 
(8) 
For 
the 
Marine 
Corps 
Reserve, 
$207,434,000. 
(9) For the Air Force Reserve, $2,501,686,000. 
(10) 
For 
the 
Army 
National 
Guard, 
$4,521,119,000. 
(11) 
For 
the 
Air 
National 
Guard, 
$4,727,091,000. 
(12) For the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces, $11,236,000. 
(13) For Environmental Restoration, Army, 
$407,865,000. 
(14) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, 
$305,275,000. 
(15) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, 
$406,461,000.
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(16) For Environmental Restoration, Defense- 
wide, $28,167,000. 
(17) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly 
Used Defense Sites, $221,921,000. 
(18) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and 
Civic Aid programs, $61,546,000. 
(19) For Cooperative Threat Reduction pro-
grams, $415,549,000. 
(20) For the Overseas Contingency Operations 
Transfer Fund, $20,000,000. 
SEC. 302. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2006 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds 
in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 
$316,340,000. 
(2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, 
$1,697,023,000. 
(3) For the Defense Working Capital Fund, 
Defense Commissary, $1,155,000,000. 
SEC. 303. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.—Funds are here-
by authorized to be appropriated for the Department of