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SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.
(a) NAVY.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2007 for procurement for the Navy
as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $10,704,155,000.
(2) For weapons, including missiles and tor-
pedoes, $2,587,020,000.
(3) 
For 
shipbuilding 
and 
conversion,
$12,058,553,000.
(4) For other procurement, $5,045,516,000.
(b) MARINE CORPS.—Funds are hereby authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for procurement for
the Marine Corps in the amount of $1,300,213,000.
(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION.—Funds
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
2007 for procurement of ammunition for the Navy and the
Marine Corps in the amount of $809,943,000.
SEC. 103. AIR FORCE.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2007 for procurement for the Air Force as follows:
(1) For aircraft, $12,004,096,000.
(2) For missiles, $4,224,145,000.
(3) For ammunition, $1,076,749,000.
(4) For other procurement, $15,434,586,000.
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SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2007 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount
of $2,980,498,000.
Subtitle B—Army Programs
SEC. 111. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
THE JOINT NETWORK NODE.
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the amount authorized to be ap-
propriated by section 101(5) for other procurement for the
Army and available for purposes of the procurement of the
Joint Network Node, not more than 50 percent of such
amount may be available for such purposes until the Sec-
retary of the Army submits to the congressional defense
committees a report on the strategy of the Army for the con-
vergence of the Joint Network Node, the Warfighter Infor-
mation Network—Tactical, and the Mounted Battle Com-
mand On-the-Move communications programs.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report described in subsection (a)
shall include a description of the acquisition plan required
for the convergence described in that subsection, including
the implementation plan, schedule, and funding of such ac-
quisition plan.
(c) DEADLINE.—The report described in subsection (a)
shall be submitted under that subsection, if at all, not later
than March 15, 2007.
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SEC. 112. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON THE CON-
TRACT FOR THE FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS
PROGRAM.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 15,
2007, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the participation and activities of the lead systems inte-
grator in the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program
under the contract of the Army for the Future Combat Sys-
tems.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A description of the responsibilities of the
lead systems integrator in managing the Future Com-
bat Systems program under the contract for the Fu-
ture Combat Systems, and an assessment of the man-
ner in which such responsibilities differ from the typ-
ical responsibilities of a lead systems integrator under
acquisition contracts of the Department of Defense.
(2) A description and assessment of the respon-
sibilities of the Army in managing the Future Com-
bat Systems program, including oversight of the ac-
tivities of the lead systems integrator and the deci-
sions made by the lead systems integrator.
(3) An assessment of the manner in which the
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(A) ensures that the lead systems integrator
meets goals for the Future Combat Systems in a
timely manner; and
(B) evaluates the extent to which such goals
are met.
(4) An identification of the mechanisms in place
to ensure the protection of the interests of the United
States in the Future Combat Systems program.
(5) An identification of the mechanisms in place
to mitigate organizational conflicts of interests with
respect to competition on Future Combat Systems
technologies and equipment under subcontracts under
the Future Combat Systems program.
SEC. 113. REPORTS ON ARMY MODULARITY INITIATIVE.
(a) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.—
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March
15, 2007, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report on the
modularity initiative of the Army.
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by this
subsection shall include the following:
(A) A description of the manner in which
the 
Army 
distinguishes 
costs 
under 
the
modularity initiative from costs of moderniza-
tion and reset.
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(B) An identification, by line item, of the
amount of funds expended to date on the
modularity initiative.
(C) An identification, by line item, of the
amount of funds the Army has budgeted and
programmed to date on the modularity initia-
tive.
(D) 
A 
detailed 
description 
on 
how
modularity equipment will be allocated to the
regular components and reserve components of
the Armed Forces by 2011, and a description of
any anticipated shortfalls in such allocation.
(E) A plan for further testing and evalua-
tion of modular designs, and a summary of any
lessons learned to date from modular brigades
that have been established, deployed to Iraq, or
both.
(b) ANNUAL COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS.—
(1) REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees each year, not later than 45
days after the date on which the budget of the Presi-
dent is submitted to Congress for a fiscal year under
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report
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on the assessment of the Comptroller General on the
following:
(A) The progress of the Army in equipping
and manning modular units in the regular com-
ponents and reserve components of the Armed
Forces.
(B) The use of funds by the Army for the
modularity initiative.
(C) The progress of the Army in conducting
further testing and evaluations of designs under
the modularity initiative.
(2) FIRST REPORT.—The first report required
under this subsection shall be submitted in conjunc-
tion with the budget for fiscal year 2008.
SEC. 114. REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT.
(a) PRIORITY.—Priority for the distribution of new
and combat serviceable equipment, with associated support
and test equipment for acting and reserve component forces,
shall be given to units scheduled for mission deployment,
employment first, or both regardless of component.
(b) ALLOCATION.—In the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated by section 101(5) for the procurement of replace-
ment equipment, subject to subsection (a), priority for the
distribution of Army National Guard equipment described
in subsection (a) may be given to States that have experi-
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enced a major disaster, as determined under the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121–5206), and may require replacement equip-
ment to respond to future emergencies/disasters only after
distribution of new and combat serviceable equipment has
been made in accordance with subsection (a).
Subtitle C—Navy Programs
SEC. 121. CVN–21 CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROCURE-
MENT.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CVN–21 CLASS AIR-
CRAFT CARRIERS.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated
to Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, for purposes of the
construction of CVN–21 class aircraft carriers shall be
available in the fiscal year for which authorized to be ap-
propriated and the succeeding three fiscal years.
(b) AMOUNT AUTHORIZED FROM SCN ACCOUNT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2007.—Of the amount authorized to be ap-
propriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2007 for
Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, $834,100,000 shall be
available for advance procurement with respect to the CVN–
21 class aircraft carriers designated CVN–78, CVN–79, and
CVN–80.
(c) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—
(1) ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary of
the Navy may enter into a contract during fiscal year
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2007 for advance procurement with respect to the
CVN–21 class aircraft carriers designated CVN–79
and CVN–80.
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—In the fiscal year imme-
diately following the last fiscal year of the contract
for advance procurement for a CVN–21 class aircraft
carrier referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary
may enter into a contract for the construction of such
aircraft carrier to be funded in the fiscal year of such
contract for construction and the succeeding three fis-
cal years.
(d) 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 any subsequent fiscal year
is subject to the availability of appropriations for that pur-
pose for such subsequent fiscal year.
SEC. 122. CONSTRUCTION OF FIRST TWO VESSELS UNDER
THE NEXT-GENERATION DESTROYER PRO-
GRAM.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—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 may be available for the construction of the
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first two vessels under the next-generation destroyer pro-
gram.
(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy
may in accordance with section 2306b of title 10,
United States Code, enter into a multiyear contract
beginning with the fiscal year 2007 program year for
procurement of each of the first two vessels under the
next-generation destroyer program.
(2) LIMITATION.—Not more than one contract
described in paragraph (1) may be awarded under
that paragraph to a single surface-combatant ship-
yard.
(3) DURATION
ON
PROCUREMENT.—Each con-
tract under paragraph (1) shall contemplate funding
for the procurement of a vessel under such contract in
fiscal years 2007 and 2008.
(4) CONDITION
ON
OUT-YEAR
CONTRACT
PAY-
MENTS.—A contract entered into under paragraph (1)
shall provide that any obligation of the United States
to make a payment under such contract for any fiscal
year after fiscal year 2007 is subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations for that purpose for such fis-
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SEC. 123. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST
OF PROCUREMENT OF CVN–77 AIRCRAFT CAR-
RIER.
Section 122(f)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111
Stat. 1650) is amended by striking ‘‘$4,600,000,000 (such
amount being the estimated cost for the procurement of the
CVN–77 aircraft carrier in the March 1997 procurement
plan)’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,057,000,000’’.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs
SEC. 141. PROCUREMENT OF JOINT PRIMARY AIRCRAFT
TRAINING SYSTEM AIRCRAFT AFTER FISCAL
YEAR 2006.
Any Joint Primary Aircraft Training System
(JPATS) aircraft procured after fiscal year 2006 shall be
procured through a contract under part 15 of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR), relating to acquisition of
items by negotiated contract (48 C.F.R. 15.000 et seq.),
rather than through a contract under part 12 of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation, relating to acquisition of commer-
cial items (48 C.F.R. 12.000 et seq.).
SEC. 142. PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF C–130E/H TAC-
TICAL AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall not retire any C–
130E/H tactical airlift aircraft of the Air Force in fiscal
year 2007.
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SEC. 143. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF KC–135E AIR-
CRAFT.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the
number, if any, of KC–135E aircraft of the Air Force that
is retired in fiscal year 2007 does not exceed 29 such air-
craft.
SEC. 144. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF B–52H BOMBER
AIRCRAFT.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the
number, if any, of B–52H bomber aircraft of the Air Force
that is retired in fiscal year 2007 does not exceed 18 such
aircraft.
SEC. 145. RETIREMENT OF B–52H BOMBER AIRCRAFT.
(a) LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT PENDING REPORT
ON BOMBER FORCE STRUCTURE.—No funds authorized to
be appropriated for the Department of Defense may be obli-
gated or expended for retiring or dismantling any of the
93 B–52H bomber aircraft in service in the Air Force as
of June 1, 2006, until 30 days after the Secretary of the
Air Force transmits to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on
the bomber force structure of the Air Force meeting the re-
quirements of subsection (b).
(b) ELEMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A report under subsection (a)
shall set forth the following:
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(A) The plan of the Air Force for the mod-
ernization of the B–52H bomber aircraft fleet.
(B) The plans of the Air Force for the mod-
ernization of the balance of the bomber force
structure.
(C) The amount and type of bombers in the
bomber force structure that is appropriate to
meet the requirements of the national security
strategy of the United States.
(D) A justification of the cost and projected
savings of any reductions to the B–52H bomber
aircraft fleet as a result of the retirement or dis-
mantlement of the B–52H bomber aircraft cov-
ered by the report.
(E) The life expectancy of each bomber air-
craft to remain in the bomber force structure.
(F) The date by which any new bomber air-
craft must reach initial operational capability
and the capabilities of the bomber force structure
that would be replaced or superseded by any new
bomber aircraft.
(2) AMOUNT
AND
TYPE
OF
BOMBER
FORCE
STRUCTURE DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term
‘‘amount and type of bomber force structure’’ means
the number of B–2 bomber aircraft, B–52H bomber
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aircraft, and B–1 bomber aircraft that are required
to carry out the national security strategy of the
United States.
(c) PREPARATION OF REPORT.—A report under this
section shall be prepared and submitted by the Institute of
Defense Analysis to the Secretary of the Air Force for trans-
mittal by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a).
SEC. 146. FUNDING FOR PROCUREMENT OF F–22A FIGHTER
AIRCRAFT.
(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF INCREMENTAL FUND-
ING.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall not use incre-
mental funding for the procurement of F–22A fighter air-
craft.
(b) MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary of the
Air Force may, in accordance with section 2306b of title
10, United States Code, enter into a multiyear contract be-
ginning with the fiscal year 2007 program year for procure-
ment of not more than 60 F–22A fighter aircraft.
SEC. 147. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF F–119 ENGINES
FOR F–22A FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.
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
2007 program year for procurement of the following:
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(1) Not more than 120 F–119 engines for F–22A
fighter aircraft.
(2) Not more than 13 spare F–119 engines for
F–22A fighter aircraft.
SEC. 148. MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGING CAPABILITIES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) The budget of the President for fiscal year
2007, as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a)
of title 31, United States Code, and the current Fu-
ture-Years Defense Program adopts an Air Force plan
to retire the remaining fleet of U–2 aircraft by 2011.
(2) This retirement would eliminate the multi-
spectral capability provided by the electro-optical/in-
frared (EO/IR) Senior Year Electro-optical Recon-
naissance System (SYERS–2) high-altitude imaging
system.
(3) The system referred to in paragraph (2) pro-
vides 
high-resolution, 
long-range, 
day-and-night
image intelligence.
(4) The infrared capabilities of the system re-
ferred to in paragraph (2) can defeat enemy efforts to
use camouflage or concealment, as well as provide im-
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(5) Although the Air Force has previously recog-
nized the military value of Senior Year Electro-opti-
cal Reconnaissance System sensors, the Air Force has
no plans to migrate this capability to any platform
remaining in the fleet.
(6) The Air Force could integrate such capabili-
ties onto the Global Hawk platform to retain this ca-
pability for combatant commanders.
(7) The Nation risks a loss of an important in-
telligence gathering capability if this capability is not
transferred to another platform.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that the Air Force should investigate ways to retain the
multi-spectral imaging capabilities provided by the Senior
Year Electro-optical Reconnaissance System high-altitude
imaging system after the retirement of the U–2 aircraft
fleet.
(c) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Air
Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees,
at the same time the budget of the President for fiscal year
2008 is submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title
31, United States Code, a plan for migrating the capabili-
ties provided by the Senior Year Electro-optical Reconnais-
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aircraft to the Global Hawk platform before the retirement
of the U–2 aircraft fleet in 2011.
SEC. 149. MINUTEMAN III INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In the Joint Explanatory Statement of the
Committee of Conference on H.R. 1815, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, the
conferees state that the policy of the United States ‘‘is
to deploy a force of 500 ICBMs’’. The conferees fur-
ther note ‘‘that unanticipated strategic developments
may compel the United States to make changes to this
force structure in the future.’’.
(2) The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) con-
ducted under section 118 of title 10, United States
Code, in 2005 finds that maintaining a robust nu-
clear deterrent ‘‘remains a keystone of United States
national power’’. However, notwithstanding that find-
ing and without providing any specific justification
for the recommendation, the Quadrennial Defense Re-
view recommends reducing the number of deployed
Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
(ICBMs) from 500 to 450 beginning in fiscal year
2007. The Quadrennial Defense Review also fails to
identify what unanticipated strategic developments
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compelled the United States to reduce the Interconti-
nental Ballistic Missile force structure.
(3) The commander of the Strategic Command,
General James Cartwright, testified before the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate that the re-
duction in deployment of Minuteman III Interconti-
nental Ballistic Missiles is required so that the 50
missiles withdrawn from the deployed force could be
used for test assets and spares to extend the life of the
Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile well
into the future. If spares are not modernized, the Air
Force may not have sufficient replacement missiles to
sustain the force size.
(b) MODERNIZATION
OF INTERCONTINENTAL BAL-
LISTIC MISSILES REQUIRED.—The Air Force shall mod-
ernize Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles in
the United States inventory as required to maintain a suffi-
cient supply of launch test assets and spares to sustain the
deployed force of such missiles through 2030.
(c) LIMITATION ON TERMINATION OF MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM PENDING REPORT.—No funds authorized to be
appropriated for the Department of Defense may be obli-
gated or expended for the termination of any Minuteman
III ICBM modernization program, or for the withdrawal
of any Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
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from the active force, until 30 days after the Secretary of
Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a
report setting forth the following:
(1) A detailed strategic justification for the pro-
posal to reduce the Minuteman III Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile force from 500 to 450 missiles, in-
cluding an analysis of the effects of the reduction on
the ability of the United States to assure allies and
dissuade potential competitors.
(2) A detailed analysis of the strategic ramifica-
tions of continuing to equip a portion of the Minute-
man III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile force with
multiple independent warheads rather than single
warheads as recommended by past reviews of the
United States nuclear posture.
(3) An assessment of the test assets and spares
required to maintain a force of 500 deployed Minute-
man III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles through
2030.
(4) An assessment of the test assets and spares
required to maintain a force of 450 deployed Minute-
man III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles through
2030.
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(5) An inventory of currently available Minute-
man III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test assets
and spares.
(6) A plan to sustain and complete the mod-
ernization of all deployed and spare Minuteman III
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, a test plan, and
an analysis of the funding required to carry out mod-
ernization of all deployed and spare Minuteman III
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
(7) An assessment of whether halting upgrades to
the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
withdrawn from the deployed force would compromise
the ability of those missiles to serve as test assets.
(8) A description of the plan of the Department
of Defense for extending the life of the Minuteman III
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile force beyond fiscal
year 2030.
(d) REMOTE VISUAL ASSESSMENT.—
(1) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR RESEARCH, DE-
VELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE.—
The amount authorized to be appropriated by section
201(3) for research, development, test, and evaluation
for the Air Force is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT.—Of the amount
authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3) for
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research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air
Force, as increased by paragraph (1), $5,000,000 may
be available for ICBM Security Modernization (PE
#0604851) for Remote Visual Assessment for security
for 
silos 
for 
intercontinental 
ballistic 
missiles
(ICBMs).
(3) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be ap-
propriated by section 103(2) for procurement of mis-
siles for the Air Force is hereby reduced by
$5,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be al-
located to amounts available for the Evolved Expend-
able Launch Vehicle.
(e) ICBM MODERNIZATION PROGRAM DEFINED.—In
this section, the term ‘‘ICBM Modernization program’’
means each of the following for the Minuteman III Inter-
continental Ballistic Missile:
(1) The Guidance Replacement Program (GRP).
(2) 
The 
Propulsion 
Replacement 
Program
(PRP).
(3) The Propulsion System Rocket Engine
(PSRE) program.
(4) The Safety Enhanced Reentry Vehicle
(SERV) program.
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TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2007 for the use of the Department of Defense for
research, development, test, and evaluation as follows:
(1) For the Army, $11,151,009,000.
(2) For the Navy, $17,451,823,000.
(3) For the Air Force, $24,400,857,000.
(4) For Defense-wide activities, $21,160,459,000,
of which $181,520,000 is authorized for the Director
of Operational Test and Evaluation.
SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
(a) AMOUNT FOR PROJECTS.—Of the total amount au-
thorized to be appropriated by section 201, $11,468,959,000
shall be available for science and technology projects.
(b) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.—In this
section, the term ‘‘science and technology project’’ means
work funded in program elements for defense research, de-
velopment, test, and evaluation under Department of De-
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SEC. 203. AMOUNT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION
OF WARFIGHTER RAPID AWARENESS PROC-
ESSING TECHNOLOGY.
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
FOR
THE NAVY.—The
amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for
research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy is
hereby increased by $4,000,000.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT.—Of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for research,
development, test, and evaluation for the Navy, as increased
by subsection (a), $4,000,000 may be available for the devel-
opment, validation, and demonstration of warfighter rapid
awareness processing technology for distributed operations
within the Marine Corps Landing Force Technology pro-
gram.
(c) OFFSET.—The amount authorized to be appro-
priated by section 421 for military personnel is hereby de-
creased by $4,000,000, due to unexpended obligations, if
available.
Subtitle B—Program Requirements,
Restrictions, and Limitations
SEC. 211. INDEPENDENT ESTIMATE OF COSTS OF THE FU-
TURE COMBAT SYSTEMS.
(a) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CER-
TAIN ACTIVITIES.—Of the amount authorized to be appro-
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priated by this title and available for the Future Combat
Systems (FCS) for purposes of system of systems engineer-
ing and program management for the Future Combat Sys-
tems, an amount equal to $500,000,000 of such amount
may not be obligated and expended for such purposes until
the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense
committees the report required by subsection (b)(4).
(b) INDEPENDENT ESTIMATE REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall
provide for the preparation of an independent esti-
mate of the anticipated costs of systems development
and demonstration with respect to the Future Combat
Systems.
(2) CONDUCT OF ESTIMATE.—The estimate re-
quired by this subsection shall be prepared by a feder-
ally funded research and development center selected
by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection.
(3) MATTERS
TO
BE
ADDRESSED.—The inde-
pendent estimate prepared under this subsection shall
address costs of research, development, test, and eval-
uation, and costs of procurement, for—
(A) the system development and demonstra-
tion phase of the core Future Combat Systems;
(B) the Future Combat Systems technologies
to be incorporated into the equipment of the cur-
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rent force of the Army (often referred to as
‘‘spinouts’’);
(C) the installation kits for the incorpora-
tion of such technologies into such equipment;
(D) the systems treated as complementary
systems for the Future Combat Systems;
(E) science and technology initiatives that
support the Future Combat Systems program;
and
(F) any pass-through charges anticipated to
be assessed by the lead systems integrator of the
Future Combat Systems and its major sub-
contractors.
(4) SUBMITTAL
TO
CONGRESS.—Upon comple-
tion of the independent estimate required by this sub-
section, the Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the estimate.
(5) DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL.—The report de-
scribed in paragraph (4) shall be submitted not later
than the date of the submittal to Congress of the budg-
et of the President for fiscal year 2008 (as submitted
to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United
States Code).
(c) PASS-THROUGH CHARGE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘pass-through charge’’ has the meaning given
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that term in section 805(c)(5) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163;
119 Stat. 3373).
SEC. 212. FUNDING OF DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECH-
NOLOGY PROGRAMS.
(a) EXTENSION OF FUNDING OBJECTIVE.—Subsection
(b) of section 212 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 2501 note) is amended by
striking ‘‘through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2012’’.
(b) ACTIONS FOLLOWING FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
OBJECTIVE.—Such section is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) ACTIONS FOLLOWING FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH
OBJECTIVE.—(1) If the proposed budget for a fiscal year
covered by subsection (b) fails to comply with the objective
set forth in that subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees—
‘‘(A) a detailed, prioritized list, including esti-
mates of required funding, of highly-rated, peer-re-
viewed science and technology projects received by the
Department through competitive solicitations and
broad agency announcements which—
‘‘(i) are not funded solely due to lack of re-
sources, but