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 execu-
tive agent for the Secretary of the Air Force and the com-
mander of the United States Special Operations Command, 
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 SERV-
ICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) QUALITY CONTROL POLICY.—Chapter 633 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
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 pol-
icy for the procurement of— 
‘‘(1) ship critical safety items; and 
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‘‘(2) modifications, repair, and overhaul of ship 
critical safety items. 
‘‘(b) CONTENT OF REGULATIONS.—The policy set forth 
in the regulations under subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing requirements: 
‘‘(1) That the head of the design control activity 
for ship critical safety items establish processes to 
identify and manage the procurement, modification, 
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 overhaul of 
such item only with a source that is on a qualified 
manufacturers list or is approved by the design con-
trol activity in accordance with section 2319 of this 
title. 
‘‘(3) That the ship critical safety items delivered, 
and the services performed with respect to ship crit-
ical safety items, meet all technical and quality re-
quirements 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-
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strophic or critical failure resulting in loss or serious 
damage to the vessel or unacceptable risk of personal 
injury or loss of life. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘design control activity’, with re-
spect to a ship critical safety item, means the systems 
command of a military department that is specifi-
cally 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 procure-
ment.’’. 
(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 fol-
lowing new paragraph (2): 
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‘‘(2) The term ‘ship critical safety item’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 7317(c) of this 
title.’’; and 
(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 seaworthiness 
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-Generation 
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 de-
sign and construction. The other contract shall provide only 
for detail design of a DD(X) Next-Generation destroyer. The 
two contracts shall be awarded simultaneously. 
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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 findings: 
(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 seri-
ously 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, includ-
ing nuclear power, as a means of vessel propulsion for its 
future fleet of surface combatants.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 131. REQUIREMENT FOR B–52 FORCE STRUCTURE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Before the date specified in sub-
section (b), the Secretary of the Air Force— 
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