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Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2013 for the use of the Department of Defense for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation as specified in the funding table in 
section 4201. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, 
Restrictions, and Limitations 
SEC. 211. NEXT-GENERATION LONG-RANGE STRIKE BOMBER AIRCRAFT 
NUCLEAR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 
The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the next- 
generation long-range strike bomber is— 
(1) capable of carrying strategic nuclear weapons as of 
the date on which such aircraft achieves initial operating capa-
bility; and 
(2) certified to use such weapons by not later than two 
years after such date. 
SEC. 212. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
FOR 
UNMANNED 
CARRIER-LAUNCHED 
SURVEILLANCE 
AND STRIKE SYSTEM PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) of section 213 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 
(Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1330) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
fiscal year 2013’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’. 
(b) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PHASE.—Such section is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN 
PHASES.— 
‘‘(1) CONTRACTORS.—In accordance with paragraph (2), the 
Secretary of the Navy may not reduce the number of prime 
contractors working on the Unmanned Carrier-launched 
Surveillance and Strike system program to one prime contractor 
for the technology development phase of such program prior 
to the program achieving the preliminary design review mile-
stone. 
‘‘(2) PRELIMINARY DESIGN REVIEW.—After the date on which 
the Unmanned Carrier-launched Surveillance and Strike 
system program achieves the preliminary design review mile-
stone, the Secretary may not reduce the number of prime 
contractors working on the program to one prime contractor 
until— 
‘‘(A) the preliminary design reviews of the program 
are completed; 
‘‘(B) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics assesses the completeness of the 
preliminary design reviews of the program for each partici-
pating prime contractor; 
‘‘(C) the Under Secretary submits to the congressional 
defense committees a report that includes—
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‘‘(i) a summary of the assessment of the prelimi-
nary design reviews of the program conducted under 
subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(ii) a certification that each preliminary design 
review of the program was complete and was not abbre-
viated when compared to preliminary design reviews 
conducted for other major defense acquisition programs 
consistent with the policies specified in Department 
of Defense Instruction 5000.02; and 
‘‘(D) a period of 30 days has elapsed following the 
date on which the Under Secretary submits the report 
under subparagraph (C).’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Such section is further amended 
by striking ‘‘Future Unmanned Carrier-based Strike System’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Unmanned Carrier-launched 
Surveillance and Strike system’’. 
SEC. 213. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR MILESTONE 
A ACTIVITIES FOR AN ARMY MEDIUM RANGE MULTI-PUR-
POSE VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING UNMANNED AIR-
CRAFT SYSTEM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 
2013 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, may 
be obligated or expended for Milestone A activities with respect 
to a medium-range multi-purpose vertical take-off and landing 
unmanned aircraft system until— 
(1) the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight 
Council certifies in writing to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the Joint Requirements Oversight Council 
determines that— 
(A) such system is required to meet a required capa-
bility or requirement validated by the Council; and 
(B) as of the date of the certification, an unmanned 
aircraft system in the operational inventory of a military 
department that was selected using competitive procedures 
cannot meet such capability or be modified to meet such 
capability in a more cost effective way; and 
(C) the acquisition strategy for such a capability 
includes competitive procedures as a requirement; and 
(2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date 
on which the Chairman submits the certification under para-
graph (1). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘competitive procedures’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 2302(2) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘Milestone A activities’’ means, with respect 
to an acquisition program of the Department of Defense—
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(A) the distribution of request for proposals; 
(B) the selection of technology demonstration contrac-
tors; and 
(C) technology development. 
SEC. 214. USE OF FUNDS FOR CONVENTIONAL PROMPT GLOBAL 
STRIKE PROGRAM. 
(a) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.—Except as provided by sub-
section (b), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any funds 
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail-
able for fiscal year 2013 for activities of the conventional prompt 
global strike program are obligated or expended using competitive 
solicitation procedures to involve industry as well as government 
partners to the extent feasible. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the requirement to use 
competitive solicitation procedures under subsection (a) if— 
(1) the Secretary— 
(A) determines that using such procedures is not fea-
sible; and 
(B) notifies the congressional defense committees of 
such determination; and 
(2) a period of 5 days elapses after the date on which 
the Secretary makes such notification under paragraph (1)(B). 
SEC. 215. NEXT GENERATION FOUNDRY FOR THE DEFENSE MICRO-
ELECTRONICS ACTIVITY. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 for research, 
development, test, and evaluation for the Next Generation Foundry 
for the Defense Microelectronics Activity (PE #603720S) may be 
obligated or expended for that purpose until a period of 60 days 
has elapsed following the date on which the Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Research and Engineering— 
(1) develops a microelectronics strategy as described in 
the Senate report to accompany S. 1253 of the 112th Congress 
(S. Rept. 112–26) and an estimate of the full life-cycle costs 
for the upgrade of the Next Generation Foundry; 
(2) develops an assessment regarding the manufacturing 
capability of the United States to produce three-dimensional 
integrated circuits to serve national defense interests; and 
(3) submits to the congressional defense committees the 
strategy and cost estimate required by paragraph (1) and the 
assessment required by paragraph (2). 
SEC. 216. ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall, in consultation with 
the military departments and the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency, submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report setting forth a strategy for the use of integrated platform 
design teams and agile prototyping approaches for the development 
of advanced rotorcraft capabilities. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) Mechanisms for establishing agile prototyping practices 
and programs, including rotorcraft X-planes, and an identifica-
tion of the resources required for such purposes.
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(2) The X-Plane Rotorcraft program of the Defense 
Advanced Research Projects Agency with performance objec-
tives beyond those of the Joint Multi-role development program, 
including at least two competing teams. 
(3) Approaches, including potential competitive prize 
awards, to encourage the development of advanced rotorcraft 
capabilities to address challenge problems such as nap-of-earth 
automated flight, urban operation near buildings, slope 
landings, automated autorotation or power-off recovery, and 
automated selection of landing areas. 
Subtitle C—Missile Defense Programs 
SEC. 221. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR THE MEADS PRO-
GRAM. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 for the Department 
of Defense may be obligated or expended for the medium extended 
air defense system. 
SEC. 222. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IRON DOME SHORT-RANGE 
ROCKET DEFENSE PROGRAM. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2013 by section 201 for research, development, test, and evaluation, 
Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense Agency, 
$211,000,000 may be provided to the Government of Israel for 
the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program as specified 
in the funding table in section 4201. 
SEC. 223. AUTHORITY FOR RELOCATION OF CERTAIN AEGIS WEAPON 
SYSTEM ASSETS BETWEEN AND WITHIN THE DDG–51 CLASS 
DESTROYER AND AEGIS ASHORE PROGRAMS IN ORDER 
TO MEET MISSION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) TRANSFER TO AEGIS ASHORE SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of the Navy may transfer 
Aegis weapon system equipment with ballistic missile defense capa-
bility to the Director of the Missile Defense Agency for use by 
the Director in the Aegis Ashore System for installation in the 
country designated as ‘‘Host Nation 1’’ by transferring to the Agency 
such equipment procured with amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for shipbuilding and conversion, Navy, for fiscal years 2010 
and 2011 for the DDG–51 Class Destroyer Program. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS IN EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES.— 
(1) USE OF FY12 FUNDS FOR AWS SYSTEMS ON DESTROYERS 
PROCURED WITH FY11 FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for shipbuilding and conversion, Navy, for fiscal year 
2012, and any Aegis weapon system assets procured with such 
amounts, may be used to deliver complete, mission-ready Aegis 
weapon systems with ballistic missile defense capability to any 
DDG–51 class destroyer for which amounts were authorized 
to be appropriated for shipbuilding and conversion, Navy, for 
fiscal year 2011. 
(2) USE OF AWS SYSTEMS PROCURED WITH RDT&E FUNDS 
ON DESTROYERS.—The Secretary may install on any DDG–51 
class destroyer Aegis weapon systems with ballistic missile 
defense capability transferred pursuant to subsection (c).