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curement of weapons and equipment, to be merged with and
to be available for the same time period and the same pur-
poses as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided
further, That the transfer authority provided under this
provision is in addition to any other transfer authority con-
tained in this Act.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8095. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’,
$517,523,000 shall be available until September 30, 2006,
to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided,
That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy
shall transfer such funds to the following appropriations in
the amounts specified: Provided further, That the amounts
transferred shall be merged with and be available for the
same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred:
To:
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1998/2006’’:
New SSN, $28,000,000.
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 1999/2006’’:
LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock
Ship Program, $95,000,000;
New SSN, $72,000,000.
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Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 2000/2006’’:
LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock
Ship Program, $94,800,000.
Under the heading, ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy, 2001/2006’’:
Carrier 
Replacement 
Program,
$145,023,000;
New SSN, $82,700,000.
SEC. 8096. The Secretary of the Navy may settle, or
compromise, and pay any and all admiralty claims under
section 7622 of title 10, United States Code arising out of
the collision involving the U.S.S. GREENEVILLE and the
EHIME MARU, in any amount and without regard to the
monetary limitations in subsections (a) and (b) of that sec-
tion: Provided, That such payments shall be made from
funds available to the Department of the Navy for operation
and maintenance.
SEC. 8097. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be obligated to modify command and
control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command admin-
istrative and operational control of U.S. Navy forces as-
signed to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That the command and
control relationships which existed on October 1, 2004, shall
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remain in force unless changes are specifically authorized
in a subsequent Act.
SEC. 8098. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or regulation, the Secretary of Defense may exercise the
provisions of section 7403(g) of title 38, United States Code
for occupations listed in section 7403(a)(2) of title 38,
United States Code as well as the following:
Pharmacists, Audiologists, and Dental Hygien-
ists.
(A) 
The 
requirements 
of 
section
7403(g)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code
shall apply.
(B) The limitations of section 7403(g)(1)(B)
of title 38, United States Code shall not apply.
SEC. 8099. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the
Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2006
until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act
for fiscal year 2006.
SEC. 8100. In addition to funds made available else-
where in this Act, $5,500,000 is hereby appropriated and
shall remain available until expended to provide assistance,
by grant or otherwise (such as, but not limited to, the provi-
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sion of funds for repairs, maintenance, construction, and/
or for the purchase of information technology, text books,
teaching resources), to public schools that have unusually
high concentrations of special needs military dependents en-
rolled: Provided, That in selecting school systems to receive
such assistance, special consideration shall be given to
school systems in States that are considered overseas assign-
ments, and all schools within these school systems shall be
eligible for assistance: Provided further, That up to 2 per-
cent of the total appropriated funds under this section shall
be available to support the administration and execution
of the funds or program and/or events that promote the pur-
pose of this appropriation (e.g. payment of travel and per
diem of school teachers attending conferences or a meeting
that promotes the purpose of this appropriation and/or con-
sultant fees for on-site training of teachers, staff, or Joint
Venture Education Forum (JVEF) Committee members):
Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be available
for the Department of Defense to establish a non-profit trust
fund to assist in the public-private funding of public school
repair and maintenance projects, or provide directly to
non-profit organizations who in return will use these mon-
ies to provide assistance in the form of repair, maintenance,
or renovation to public school systems that have high con-
centrations of special needs military dependents and are lo-
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cated in States that are considered overseas assignments:
Provided further, That to the extent a Federal agency pro-
vides this assistance, by contract, grant, or otherwise, it
may accept and expend non-Federal funds in combination
with these Federal funds to provide assistance for the au-
thorized purpose, if the non-Federal entity requests such as-
sistance and the non-Federal funds are provided on a reim-
bursable basis.
SEC. 8101. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to initiate a new start program without prior written noti-
fication to the Office of Secretary of Defense and the con-
gressional defense committees.
SEC. 8102. The amounts appropriated in title II of
this Act are hereby reduced by $350,000,000 to reflect cash
balance and rate stabilization adjustments in Department
of Defense Working Capital Funds, as follows:
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’,
$100,000,000.
(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’,
$150,000,000.
(3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air
Force’’, $100,000,000.
SEC. 8103. FINANCING AND FIELDING OF KEY ARMY
CAPABILITIES.—The Department of Defense and the De-
partment of the Army shall make future budgetary and pro-
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gramming plans to fully finance the Non-Line of Sight Fu-
ture Force cannon and resupply vehicle program (NLOS–
C) in order to field this system in fiscal year 2010, con-
sistent with the broader plan to field the Future Combat
System (FCS) in fiscal year 2010: Provided, That if the
Army is precluded from fielding the FCS program by fiscal
year 2010, then the Army shall develop the NLOS–C inde-
pendent of the broader FCS development timeline to achieve
fielding by fiscal year 2010. In addition the Army will de-
liver eight (8) combat operational pre-production NLOS–
C systems by the end of calendar year 2008. These systems
shall be in addition to those systems necessary for develop-
mental and operational testing: Provided further, That the
Army shall ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans
will provide for no fewer than seven (7) Stryker Brigade
Combat Teams.
SEC. 8104. Of the funds made available in this Act,
not less than $76,100,000 shall be available to maintain
an attrition reserve force of 18 B–52 aircraft, of which
$3,900,000 shall be available from ‘‘Military Personnel, Air
Force’’, $44,300,000 shall be available from ‘‘Operation and
Maintenance, Air Force’’, and $27,900,000 shall be avail-
able from ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’: Provided,
That the Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain a total
force of 94 B–52 aircraft, including 18 attrition reserve air-