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(1) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to economic inflation after Sep-
tember 30, 2006. 
(2) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs attributable to compliance with changes in 
Federal, State, or local laws enacted after Sep-
tember 30, 2006. 
(3) The amounts of outfitting costs and post- 
delivery costs incurred for that ship. 
(4) The amounts of increases or decreases in 
costs of that ship that are attributable to insertion 
of new technology into that ship, as compared to the 
technology built into the U.S.S. San Antonio (LPD– 
17), the lead ship of the LPD–17 class. 
(c) LIMITATION ON TECHNOLOGY INSERTION COST 
ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy may use the 
authority under paragraph (4) of subsection (b) to adjust 
the amount set forth in subsection (a) for any LPD–17 
class ship with respect to insertion of new technology into 
that ship only if— 
(1) the Secretary determines, and certifies to 
the congressional defense committees, that insertion 
of the new technology would lower the life-cycle cost 
of the ship; or 
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(2) the Secretary determines, and certifies to 
the congressional defense committees, that insertion 
of the new technology is required to meet an emerg-
ing threat and the Secretary of Defense certifies to 
those committees that such threat poses grave harm 
to national security. 
(d) WRITTEN NOTICE OF CHANGE IN AMOUNT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
each year, at the same time that the budget is sub-
mitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, for the next fiscal year, written notice 
of any change in the amount set forth in subsection 
(a) during the preceding fiscal year that the Sec-
retary has determined to be associated with a cost 
referred to in subsection (b). 
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The requirement in 
paragraph (1) shall become effective with the budget 
request for the year of procurement of the first ship 
referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 125. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR V–22 
TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of the Navy, in accordance with section 
2306b of title 10, United States Code, and acting as exec-
utive agent for the Secretary of the Air Force and the 
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commander of the United States Special Operations Com-
mand, may enter into a multiyear contract, beginning with 
the fiscal year 2008 program year, for procurement of V– 
22 tiltrotor aircraft. The total number of aircraft procured 
through a multiyear contract under this section may not 
exceed 211, of which not more than 185 may be in the 
MV–22 configuration and not more than 26 may be in 
the CV–22 configuration. 
SEC. 126. QUALITY CONTROL IN PROCUREMENT OF SHIP 
CRITICAL 
SAFETY 
ITEMS 
AND 
RELATED 
SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) QUALITY CONTROL POLICY.—Chapter 633 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7317. Ship critical safety items and related serv-
ices: quality control in procurement 
‘‘(a) QUALITY CONTROL POLICY.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall prescribe in regulations a quality control 
policy for the procurement of— 
‘‘(1) ship critical safety items; and 
‘‘(2) modifications, repair, and overhaul of ship 
critical safety items. 
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‘‘(b) CONTENT OF REGULATIONS.—The policy set 
forth in the regulations under subsection (a) shall include 
the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) That the head of the design control activ-
ity for ship critical safety items establish processes 
to identify and manage the procurement, modifica-
tion, repair, and overhaul of ship critical safety 
items. 
‘‘(2) That the head of the contracting activity 
for a ship critical safety item enter into a contract 
for the procurement, modification, repair, or over-
haul of such item only with a source that is on a 
qualified manufacturers list or is approved by the 
design control activity in accordance with section 
2319 of this title. 
‘‘(3) That the ship critical safety items deliv-
ered, and the services performed with respect to ship 
critical safety items, meet all technical and quality 
requirements specified by the design control activity. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘ship critical safety item’ means 
any part, assembly, or support equipment of a vessel 
that contains a critical characteristic the failure, 
malfunction, or absence of which may cause a cata-
strophic or critical failure resulting in loss or serious 
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damage to the vessel or unacceptable risk of per-
sonal injury or loss of life. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘design control activity’, with re-
spect to a ship critical safety item, means the sys-
tems command of a military department that is spe-
cifically responsible for ensuring the seaworthiness 
of a ship system or equipment in which the item is 
to be used.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘7317.
Ship critical safety items and related services: quality control in pro-
curement.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2319 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ‘‘or ship 
critical safety item’’ after ‘‘aviation critical safety 
item’’; and 
(2) In subsection (g)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) The term ‘ship critical safety item’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 7317(c) of this 
title.’’; and 
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(C) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or a ship critical 
safety item’’ after ‘‘aviation critical safety 
item’’ the first place it appears; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, or the seaworthi-
ness of a ship system or equipment,’’ after 
‘‘equipment’’. 
SEC. 127. DD(X) NEXT-GENERATION DESTROYER PROGRAM. 
(a) FUNDING AUTHORIZED.—Of the amount author-
ized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 
2007 
for 
Shipbuilding 
and 
Conversion, 
Navy, 
$2,568,000,000 is available for the DD(X) Next-Genera-
tion Destroyer program. 
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may enter into two contracts during fiscal year 2007 
for the DD(X) Next-Generation Destroyer program. The 
contracts shall be entered into with two different ship-
builders. One such contract shall provide for procurement 
of a DD(X) Next-Generation destroyer, including detail 
design and construction. The other contract shall provide 
only for detail design of a DD(X) Next-Generation de-
stroyer. The two contracts shall be awarded simulta-
neously. 
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SEC. 128. SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE NAVY MAKE 
GREATER USE OF NUCLEAR-POWERED PRO-
PULSION SYSTEMS IN ITS FUTURE FLEET OF 
SURFACE COMBATANTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Securing and maintaining access to afford-
able and plentiful sources of energy is a vital na-
tional security interest for the United States.
(2) The Nation’s dependence upon foreign oil is 
a threat to national security due to the inherently 
volatile nature of the global oil market and the polit-
ical instability of some of the world’s largest oil pro-
ducing states. 
(3) Given the recent increase in the cost of 
crude oil, which cannot realistically be expected to 
improve over the long term, other energy sources 
must be seriously considered. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In light of the findings 
in subsection (a), it is the sense of Congress that the Navy 
should make greater use of alternative technologies, in-
cluding nuclear power, as a means of vessel propulsion for 
its future fleet of surface combatants.
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Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 131. REQUIREMENT FOR B–52 FORCE STRUCTURE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Before the date specified in 
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Air Force— 
(1) may not retire any B–52 aircraft, other 
than the aircraft with tail number 61–0025; and 
(2) shall maintain not less than 44 such air-
craft as combat-coded aircraft. 
(b) TERMINATION.—For purposes of subsection (a), 
the date specified in this subsection is the earlier of— 
(1) January 1, 2018; and 
(2) the date as of which a long-range strike re-
placement aircraft with equal or greater capability 
than the B–52H model aircraft has attained initial 
operational capability status. 
SEC. 132. STRATEGIC AIRLIFT FORCE STRUCTURE. 
(a) REQUIRED FORCE STRUCTURE.— 
(1) MINIMUM NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT.—Effec-
tive October 1, 2008, the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall maintain a total aircraft inventory of strategic 
airlift aircraft of not less than 299 aircraft. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
(A) The term ‘‘strategic airlift aircraft’’ 
means an aircraft that has a cargo capacity of 
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at least 150,000 pounds and that is capable of 
transporting outsized cargo an unrefueled range 
of at least 2,400 nautical miles. 
(B) The term ‘‘outsized cargo’’ means any 
single item of equipment that exceeds 1,090 
inches in length, 117 inches in width, or 105 
inches in height. 
(b) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF C– 
5 AIRCRAFT.—Section 132 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108– 
136; 117 Stat. 1411) is repealed. 
SEC. 133. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF U–2 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2007.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force may not retire any U–2 aircraft of the Air Force 
in fiscal year 2007. 
(b) YEARS AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2007.—After fiscal 
year 2007, the Secretary of the Air Force may retire a 
U–2 aircraft only if the Secretary of Defense certifies to 
Congress that the U–2 intelligence, surveillance, and re-
connaissance (ISR) capability provided by the U–2 air-
craft no longer contributes to mitigating any gaps in ISR 
capabilities identified in the 2006 Quadrennial Defense 
Review. No action may be taken by the Department of 
Defense to retire (or to prepare to retire) any U–2 air-
craft— 
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(1) before such a certification is submitted to 
Congress; or 
(2) during the 60-day period beginning on the 
date on which such a certification is submitted. 
SEC. 134. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR F– 
22A RAPTOR FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. 
(a) MULTIYEAR AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force may enter into a multiyear contract for the pro-
curement of up to 60 F–22A Raptor fighter aircraft begin-
ning with the 2007 program year, 
(b) COMPLIANCE
WITH
LAW
APPLICABLE
TO 
MULTIYEAR CONTRACTS.—A contract under subsection 
(a) for the procurement of F–22A aircraft shall be entered 
into in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United 
States Code, except that, notwithstanding subsection (k) 
of that section, such a contract may not be for a period 
in excess of three program years. 
(c) REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS.—In the case of a 
contract under subsection (a) for the procurement of F– 
22A aircraft, a certification under subsection (i)(1)(A) of 
section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, with respect 
to that contract may only be submitted if the certification 
includes an additional certification that each of the condi-
tions specified in subsection (a) of that section has been 
satisfied with respect to that contract. 
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(d) NOTICE-AND-WAIT REQUIREMENT.—Upon sub-
mission to Congress of a certification referred to in sub-
section (c) with respect to a proposed contract under sub-
section (a) for the procurement of F–22A aircraft, the 
contract may then be entered into only after a period of 
30 days has elapsed after the date of the submission of 
the certification. 
SEC. 135. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF KC–135E AIR-
CRAFT DURING FISCAL YEAR 2007. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The number of KC–135E aircraft 
retired by the Secretary of the Air Force during fiscal year 
2007 may not exceed 29. 
(b) TREATMENT OF RETIRED AIRCRAFT.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall maintain each KC–135E air-
craft that is retired by the Secretary after September 30, 
2006, in a condition that would allow recall of that aircraft 
to future service in the Air Force Reserve, Air National 
Guard, or active forces aerial refueling force structure. 
SEC. 136. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF F–117A AIR-
CRAFT DURING FISCAL YEAR 2007. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The number of F–117A aircraft 
retired by the Secretary of the Air Force during fiscal year 
2007 may not exceed 10. 
(b) TREATMENT OF RETIRED AIRCRAFT.—The Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall maintain each F–117A air-
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