request for the year of procurement of the first ship 
referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 123. ADHERENCE TO NAVY COST ESTIMATES FOR LHA 
REPLACEMENT AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP 
PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The total amount obligated or ex-
pended from funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, or for any 
other procurement account, for procurement of any ship 
that is constructed under the LHA Replacement (LHA(R)) 
amphibious assault ship program may not exceed 
$2,813,600,000 (as adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)). 
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF LIMITATION AMOUNT.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy may adjust the amount set forth in sub-
section (a) for any ship constructed under the LHA Re-
placement amphibious assault ship program by the fol-
lowing: 
(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 Fed-
eral, State, or local laws enacted after September 30, 
2006. 
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(3) The amounts of outfitting costs and post-de-
livery 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 baseline as it was defined at the develop-
ment stage referred to as Milestone B. 
(c) LIMITATION ON TECHNOLOGY INSERTION COST AD-
JUSTMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy may use the author-
ity under paragraph (4) of subsection (b) to adjust the 
amount set forth in subsection (a) for a ship referred to 
in that subsection with respect to insertion of new tech-
nology 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 
(2) the Secretary determines, and certifies to the 
congressional defense committees, that insertion of the 
new technology is required to meet an emerging threat 
and the Secretary of Defense certifies to those commit-
tees that such threat poses grave harm to national se-
curity. 
(d) WRITTEN NOTICE OF CHANGE IN AMOUNT.— 
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(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 Secretary 
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. 124. ADHERENCE TO NAVY COST ESTIMATES FOR SAN 
ANTONIO (LPD–17) CLASS AMPHIBIOUS SHIP 
PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION.— 
(1) PROCUREMENT COST.—The total amount ob-
ligated or expended from funds appropriated or other-
wise made available for Shipbuilding and Conversion, 
Navy, or for any other procurement account, for the 
San Antonio-class amphibious ships designated as 
LPD–18, LPD–19, LPD–20, LPD–21, LPD–22, 
LPD–23, LPD–24, and LPD–25 may not exceed the 
amount for each such vessel specified in paragraph 
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(2) (those specified amounts being the estimated total 
procurement end cost of those vessels, respectively, in 
the fiscal year 2007 budget): 
(2) SPECIFIED
COST
LIMIT
BY
VESSEL.—The 
limitation under this subsection for each vessel speci-
fied in paragraph (1) is the following: 
(A) For the LPD–18 ship, $1,111,310,000 
(as adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)). 
(B) For the LPD–19 ship, $1,137,400,000 
(as adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)). 
(C) For the LPD–20 ship, $1,004,600,000 
(as adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)). 
(D) For the LPD–21 ship, $1,126,966,000 
(as adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)). 
(E) For the LPD–22 ship, $1,246,736,000 
(as adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)). 
(F) For the LPD–23 ship, $1,191,230,000 
(as adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)). 
(G) For the LPD–24 ship, $1,333,001,000 
(as adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)). 
(H) For the LPD–25 ship, $1,671,800,000 
(as adjusted pursuant to subsection (b)). 
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF LIMITATION AMOUNTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Navy may adjust the amount set forth in sub-
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section (a) for any ship specified in that subsection by the 
following: 
(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 Fed-
eral, State, or local laws enacted after September 30, 
2006. 
(3) The amounts of outfitting costs and post-de-
livery 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 AD-
JUSTMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy may use the author-
ity 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 
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new technology would lower the life-cycle cost of the 
ship; or 
(2) the Secretary determines, and certifies to the 
congressional defense committees, that insertion of the 
new technology is required to meet an emerging threat 
and the Secretary of Defense certifies to those commit-
tees that such threat poses grave harm to national se-
curity. 
(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 Secretary 
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). 
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