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 118 STAT. 1827 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 SEC. 104. DEFENSE WIDE ACTIVITIES. Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for Defense wide procurement in the amount of $2,846,583,000. Subtitle B—Army Programs SEC. 111. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE LIGHT WEIGHT 155 MILLIMETER HOWITZER PROGRAM. The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, jointly enter into a multiyear contract, beginning with the fiscal year 2005 program year, for procurement of the light weight 155 millimeter howitzer. SEC. 112. LIGHT UTILITY HELICOPTER PROGRAM. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be appro priated under section 101(1) for the procurement of light utility helicopters may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits to the congres sional defense committees a report that contains— (1) the Secretary’s certification that all required documenta tion for the acquisition of light utility helicopters has been completed and approved; and (2) an Army aviation modernization plan described in sub section (b). (b) ARMY AVIATION MODERNIZATION PLAN.—The Army aviation modernization plan referred to in subsection (a)(2) is an updated modernization plan for Army aviation that contains, at a minimum, the following: (1) The analysis on which the plan is based. (2) A discussion of the Secretary’s decision to terminate the Comanche helicopter program and to restructure the avia tion force of the Army. (3) The actions taken or to be taken to accelerate the procurement and development of aircraft survivability equip ment for Army aircraft, together with a detailed list of aircraft survivability equipment that specifies such equipment by plat form and by the related programmatic funding for procurement. (4) A discussion of the conversion of Apache helicopters to block III configuration, including (A) the rationale for con verting only 501 Apache helicopters to that configuration, and (B) the costs associated with a conversion of all Apache heli copters to the block III configuration. (5) A discussion of the procurement of light armed recon naissance helicopters, including (A) the rationale for the requirement for light armed reconnaissance helicopters, and (B) a discussion of the costs associated with upgrading the light armed reconnaissance helicopter to meet Army require ments. (6) The rationale for the Army’s requirement for light utility helicopters, together with a summary and copy of the analysis of the alternative means for meeting such requirement that the Secretary considered in the determination to procure light utility helicopters, including, at a minimum, the analysis of the alternative of using light armed reconnaissance helicopters

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