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(1) by striking ‘‘An agreement’’ and inserting
‘‘(A) An agreement’’; and
(2) by inserting at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B) An agreement under paragraph (1) may
not change the cleanup standards applicable to the
site as established by law.’’.
(c) SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR FORMER BASE CLOSURE
AND REALIGNMENT PROPERTY SUBJECT TO COVENANT FOR
ADDITIONAL REMEDIAL ACTION.—Section 2703 of such
title is amended—
(1) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘The sole
source’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub-
section (h), the sole source’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(h) SOLE SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN ENVIRON-
MENTAL REMEDIATION AT BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLO-
SURE SITES.—In the case of property disposed of pursuant
to a base closure law and subject to a covenant described
in subsection (d)(5)(C) of section 2701 of this title, the sole
source of funds for services under subsection (d)(1) of such
section shall be the base closure account established under
the base closure law under which such property was dis-
posed of.’’.
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Subtitle C—Other Matters
SEC. 321. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.
(a) FUNDING
FOR REPAIR
AND MAINTENANCE
OF
U.S.S. JOHN F. KENNEDY.—Of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated for operation and maintenance for the
Navy by this Act and any other Act for fiscal year 2005
and 2006, $288,000,000 shall be available only for repair
and maintenance to extend the life of U.S.S. John F. Ken-
nedy.
(b) LIMITATION ON REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF ACTIVE
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.—
(1) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy
may not reduce the number of active aircraft carriers
of the Navy below 12 active aircraft carriers until the
later of the following:
(A) The date that is 180 days after the date
of the submittal to Congress of the quadrennial
defense review required in 2005 under section
118 of title 10, United States Code.
(B) The date on which the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees that such agreements
have been entered into to provide port facilities
for the permanent forward deployment of such
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number of aircraft carriers as is necessary in the
Pacific Command Area of Responsibility to ful-
fill the roles and missions of that Command, in-
cluding agreements for the forward deployment
of a nuclear aircraft carrier after the retirement
of the current two conventional aircraft carriers.
(2) ACTIVE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.—For purposes
of this subsection, an active aircraft carrier of the
Navy includes an aircraft carrier that is temporarily
unavailable for worldwide deployment due to routine
or scheduled maintenance.
SEC. 322. LIMITATION ON TRANSITION OF FUNDING FOR
EAST COAST SHIPYARDS FROM FUNDING
THROUGH NAVY WORKING CAPITAL FUND TO
DIRECT FUNDING.
(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy may not
convert funding for the shipyards of the Navy on the East-
ern Coast of the United States from funding through the
working capital fund of the Navy to funding on a direct
basis (also known as ‘‘mission funding’’) until the later of—
(1) the date that is six months after the date on
which the Secretary submits to the congressional de-
fense committees the report required by subsection (b);
or
(2) October 1, 2006.
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(b) REPORT ON DIRECT FUNDING FOR PUGET SOUND
NAVAL SHIPYARD.—The Secretary shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report that contains the as-
sessment of the Secretary on the effects on Puget Sound
Naval Shipyard, Washington, of the conversion of funding
for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from funding through the
working capital fund of the Navy to funding on a direct
basis.
SEC. 323. USE OF FUNDS FROM NATIONAL DEFENSE SEA-
LIFT FUND TO EXERCISE PURCHASE OPTIONS
ON MARITIME PREPOSITIONING SHIP VES-
SELS.
(a) USE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding the provisions
of section 2218(f)(1) of title 10, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of Defense may obligate and expend any funds in
the National Defense Sealift Fund to exercise options to
purchase three Maritime Prepositioning Ship (MPS) vessels
under charter to the Navy as of the date of the enactment
of this Act, the contracts for which charters expire in 2009.
(b) NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND DEFINED.—
In this section, the term ‘‘National Defense Sealift Fund’’
means the National Defense Sealift Fund established by sec-
tion 2218 of title 10, United States Code.