(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TESTING
AND EVALUATION
BY NAVAL RE-
SEARCH LABORATORY.—In each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2008, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out 
subsection (c) through the Naval Research Laboratory.’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated) by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, the 
Secretary of Defense shall, not later than the end of that 
fiscal year, submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the testing and evaluation carried out pursu-
ant to subsection (d).’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Of the amount authorized to be ap-
propriated by section 201(2), $10,000,000 shall be avail-
able in program element 63727D8Z only to carry out sec-
tion 331 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. 
SEC. 217. PROGRAM TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP NEXT-GEN-
ERATION NUCLEAR SUBMARINE. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 
Navy shall carry out a program to design and develop a 
class of nuclear submarines that will serve as a successor 
to the Virginia class of nuclear submarines.
(b) OBJECTIVE.—The objective of the program re-
quired by subsection (a) is to develop, for procurement be-
ginning with fiscal year 2014, a nuclear submarine that 
meets or exceeds the warfighting capability of a submarine 
of the Virginia class at a cost dramatically lower than the 
cost of a submarine of the Virginia class. 
(c) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall include, with the defense budget justification 
materials submitted in support of the President’s 
budget for fiscal year 2007 submitted to Congress 
under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
a report on the program required by subsection (a). 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include—
(A) an outline of the management ap-
proach to be used in carrying out the program; 
(B) the goals for the program; and 
(C) a schedule for the program. 
SEC. 218. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR NAVAL 
MINE COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 216 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 
(Public Law 102–190; 105 Stat. 1317), as most recently 
amended by section 212 of the Bob Stump National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
107–314; 116 Stat. 2480), is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2011’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting after ‘‘Sec-
retary of Defense’’ the following: ‘‘, and the Sec-
retary of Defense has forwarded to the congressional 
defense committees,’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(2) by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘and, in so certi-
fying, shall ensure that the budget meets the re-
quirements of section 2437 of title 10, United States 
Code’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) 
NOTIFICATION
OF
CERTAIN
PROPOSED 
CHANGES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to a fiscal 
year, the Secretary may not carry out any change to 
the naval mine countermeasures master plan or the 
budget resources for mine countermeasures with re-
spect to that fiscal year until after the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics submits to the congressional defense com-
mittees a notification of the proposed change. Such
notification shall describe the nature of the proposed 
change and the effect of the proposed change on the 
naval mine countermeasures program or related pro-
grams with respect to that fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not 
apply to a change if both—
‘‘(A) the amount of the change is below 
the applicable reprogramming threshold; and 
‘‘(B) the effect of the change does not af-
fect the validity of the decision to certify.’’. 
(b) SUSTAINMENT PLAN.—Not later than December 
31, 2005, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a plan for sustaining the 
MHC–51 class mine countermeasures ships and sup-
porting dedicated mine countermeasures systems until the 
Littoral Combat Ship and next-generation mine counter-
measures systems are deployed and capable of assuming 
the mission of the MHC–51 class mine countermeasures 
ships. 
SEC. 219. SINGLE JOINT REQUIREMENT FOR HEAVY LIFT 
ROTORCRAFT. 
(a) JOINT REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the 
Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall develop a single 
joint requirement for a next-generation heavy lift rotor-
craft for the Army and the Marine Corps.