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(b) AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT FOR
FISCAL YEARS 2007 AND 2008.—Amounts authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for ship-
building and conversion, Navy, shall be available for con-
struction with respect to the LHA Replacement ship.
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—
(1) DESIGN, ADVANCE PROCUREMENT, AND AD-
VANCE CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary of the Navy
may enter into a contract during fiscal year 2006 for
design, advance procurement, and advance construc-
tion with respect to the LHA Replacement ship.
(2) DETAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—The
Secretary may enter into a contract during fiscal
year 2006 for the detail design and construction of
the LHA Replacement ship.
(d) CONDITION
FOR
OUT-YEAR
CONTRACT
PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (c) shall
provide that any obligation of the United States to make
a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal
year 2006 is subject to the availability of appropriations
for that purpose for such fiscal year.
(e) FUNDING AS INCREMENT OF FULL FUNDING.—The
amounts available under subsections (a) and (b) for the
LHA Replacement ship are the first increments of funding
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for the full funding of the LHA Replacement (LHA(R)) ship
program.
SEC. 124. REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL OF THE
U.S.S. CARL VINSON.
(a) AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT.—Of
the amount authorized to be appropriated by section
102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2006 for shipbuilding and conver-
sion, Navy, $1,493,563,000 shall be available for the com-
mencement of the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul
of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson (CVN–70). The amount available
under the preceding sentence is the first increment in the
incremental funding planned for the nuclear refueling and
complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson.
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the
Navy may enter into a contract during fiscal year 2006
for the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S.
Carl Vinson.
(c) CONDITION
FOR
OUT-YEAR
CONTRACT
PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (b) shall
provide that any obligation of the United States to make
a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal
year 2006 is subject to the availability of appropriations
for that purpose for such fiscal year.
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SEC. 125. RAPID INTRAVENOUS INFUSION PUMP.
(a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT
FOR PROCUREMENT
FOR
THE MARINE CORPS.—The amount authorized to be appro-
priated by section 102(b) for procurement for the Marine
Corps is hereby increased by $1,000,000.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT.—Of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated by section 102(b) for procure-
ment for the Marine Corps, as increased by subsection (a),
$1,000,000 may be available for General Property for Field
Medical Equipment for the Rapid Intravenous (IV) Infu-
sion Pump.
(c) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be appro-
priated by section 301(4) is hereby reduced by $1,000,000.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs
SEC. 131. C–17 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM AND INTER-THEATER
AIRLIFT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZED.—The
Secretary of the Air Force may, in accordance with section
2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a
multiyear contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2006 pro-
gram year, for the procurement of up to 42 additional C–
17 aircraft.
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Before the exercise of
the authority in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a cer-
tification that the additional airlift capacity to be provided