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mittees a report on the results of the analysis required 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 214. AMOUNTS FOR ARMORED SYSTEMS MODERNIZA-
TION PROGRAM. 
Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 201 for the Armored Systems Modernization 
program— 
(1) $100,000,000 may be made available for 
manned ground vehicles in advanced component de-
velopment and prototypes; 
(2) $2,322,197,000 may be made available for 
future combat systems common operating environ-
ment in systems development and demonstration; 
(3) $47,203,000 may be made available for re-
connaissance platforms and sensors in advanced 
component development and prototypes; 
(4) $58,130,000 may be made available for re-
connaissance platforms and sensors in advanced 
technology development; 
(5) $2,504,000 may be made available for unat-
tended sensors in advanced component development 
and prototypes; and
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(6) $86,445,000 may be made available for 
robotic ground systems in advanced component de-
velopment and prototypes. 
SEC. 215. LIMITATION ON SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND 
DEMONSTRATION OF MANNED GROUND VE-
HICLES UNDER ARMORED SYSTEMS MOD-
ERNIZATION PROGRAM. 
Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in section 201 for the Armored Systems Modernization 
program, no funds may be obligated for systems develop-
ment and demonstration of manned ground vehicles until 
the objective requirements for those vehicles with respect 
to lethality and survivability have been met and dem-
onstrated in a relevant environment to be at least equal 
to the lethality and survivability for the manned ground 
vehicles to be replaced by those vehicles. 
SEC. 216. TESTING OF INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6 BY 
NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 331 of the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (Public Law 108—375; 118 Stat. 1850) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e);
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(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.
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(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-
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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
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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.
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(b) APPROVAL BY JROC REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
of Defense may not authorize a new program start for 
the next-generation heavy lift rotocraft until the single 
joint requirement required by subsection (a) has been ap-
proved by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. 
SEC. 220. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TAC-
TICAL RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. 
(a) INTERIM TACTICAL RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) assess the immediate requirements of the 
military departments for tactical radio communica-
tions systems; and 
(2) ensure that the military departments rap-
idly acquire tactical radio communications systems 
utilizing existing technology or mature systems read-
ily available in the commercial marketplace. 
(b) JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM.— 
(1) MILESTONE B.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall apply Department of Defense Instruction 
5000.2 to the Joint Tactical Radio System in a 
manner that does not permit the Milestone B en-
trance requirements to be waived. 
(2) MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS.—The head of the 
single joint program office designated under section 
213 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
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Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 
1416) shall manage and control all research and de-
velopment funds for the entire Joint Tactical Radio 
System, including all waveform development. 
(c) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED.—Not 
later than February 14, 2006, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives a report on the implementation 
of this section. 
SEC. 221. LIMITATION ON SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND 
DEMONSTRATION OF PERSONNEL RECOVERY 
VEHICLE. 
None of the amounts made available pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 201 for systems 
development and demonstration of the Personnel Recovery 
Vehicle may be obligated until 30 days after the Secretary 
of Defense submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees each of the following: 
(1) The Secretary’s certification that the re-
quirements and schedule for the Personnel Recovery 
Vehicle have been validated by the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logis-
tics.
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(2) The Secretary’s certification that all tech-
nologies required to meet the requirements (as vali-
dated under paragraph (1)) for the Personnel Recov-
ery Vehicle are mature and demonstrated in a rel-
evant environment. 
(3) The Secretary’s certification that no other 
aircraft, and no other modification of an aircraft, in 
the inventory of the Department of Defense can 
meet the requirements (as validated under para-
graph (1)) for the Personnel Recovery Vehicle. 
(4) A statement setting forth the independent 
cost estimate and manpower estimate (as required 
by section 2434 of title 10, United States Code) for 
the Personnel Recovery Vehicle. 
SEC. 222. SEPARATE PROGRAM ELEMENT REQUIRED FOR 
EACH SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION PROJECT. 
(a) PROGRAM ELEMENTS SPECIFIED.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that a project is assigned 
a separate, dedicated program element if— 
(1) the project is carried out or proposed to be 
carried out using amounts for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation activities; and
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(2) the estimated expenditures and proposed 
appropriations for that project in the future-years 
defense program are $100,000,000 or more. 
(b) DISPLAY
IN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MATE-
RIALS.—In the budget justification materials submitted to 
Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget 
for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code), the amount requested for research, development, 
test, and evaluation activities shall be set forth in a man-
ner that complies with subsection (a). 
(c) NOT APPLICABLE TO MISSILE DEFENSE.—This 
section does not apply to the Missile Defense Agency. 
SEC. 223. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PHASE 
III ACCELERATION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM TO EXPAND ROLE OF SMALL 
BUSINESS CONCERNS IN DEFENSE ACQUISITION.— 
(1) PILOT
PROGRAM.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall designate the Secretary of a military de-
partment to carry out a pilot program, to be known 
as the ‘‘Small Business Innovation Research Phase 
III Acceleration Pilot Program’’ to expand the role 
of small business concerns in the defense acquisition 
process by designating certain Department of De-
fense research or research and development projects
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for accelerated transition under the Small Business 
Innovation Research Program (in this section re-
ferred to as the SBIR program), as defined in sec-
tion 9(e)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(e)(4)). 
(2) ACCELERATED TRANSITION.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘accelerated transition’’ means the ex-
peditious transfer under existing authority from the 
second phase of the SBIR program (as described in 
section 9(e)(4)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 638(e)(4)(B))) to the third phase, in which 
applications of research or research and development 
projects are funded (as described in section 
9(e)(4)(C)(i) of such Act). 
(b) DESIGNATION OF PROJECTS FOR ACCELERATED 
TRANSITION.—For each of fiscal years 2006 through 
2008, the Secretary designated under subsection (a)(1) 
shall designate for accelerated transition under the pilot 
program under this section at least 10 research or re-
search and development projects for which funds have 
been provided by that Secretary through a second phase 
award under the SBIR program. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2008, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report which contains the following:
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(1) The name of each research or research and 
development project designated for accelerated tran-
sition under subsection (b). 
(2) The rationale behind the selection of each 
such project. 
(3) A recommendation as to whether the pilot 
program under this section should be extended. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘re-
search’’ or ‘‘research and development’’ has the same 
meaning as in section 9(e)(5) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 638(e)(5)). 
SEC. 224. REVISED REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SUBMIS-
SION OF JOINT WARFIGHTING SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY PLAN. 
(a) BIENNIAL SUBMITTAL.—Section 270 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 
(Public Law 104–201; 10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’ in the section head-
ing and inserting ‘‘BIENNIAL’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) ANNUAL
PLAN
RE-
QUIRED.—On March 1 of each year’’ and inserting 
‘‘Not later than March 1 of each even-numbered 
year,’’.