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 119 STAT. 3158

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees each year, at the same time that the budget is submitted 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 fifth and sixth vessels in the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class of vessels, such year being the fiscal year in which the Secretary of the Navy intends to award a contract for detail design and construction of those vessels. (e) ANNUAL REPORT ON MISSION PACKAGES.—The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees each year, at the same time as the President’s budget for the next fiscal year is submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a report that provides current information regarding the content of any element of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class of vessels that is designated as a ‘‘mission package’’, the estimated cost of any such element, and the total number of such elements anticipated. (f) LIMITATION ON SHIPS AND MISSION MODULES.—No funds available to the Navy may be used for the procurement of Littoral Combat Ships, or elements for such Littoral Combat Ships referred to in subsection (e), after procurement of the first four vessels in the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the congressional defense committees the Secretary’s certification in writing that there exist stable designs for the Littoral Combat Ship class of vessels. (g) STABLE DESIGN.—For purposes of this section, the designs of a class of vessels shall be considered to be stable when no substantial change to those designs is anticipated. SEC. 125. PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF NEXT-GENERATION DESTROYER THROUGH A SINGLE SHIPYARD.

(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of the Navy may not acquire vessels under the next-generation destroyer program through a winner-take-all acquisition strategy. (b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of the Navy may not obligate or expend any funds to prepare for, conduct, or implement a strategy for the acquisition of vessels under the next-generation destroyer program through a winner-take-all acquisition strategy. (c) WINNER-TAKE-ALL ACQUISITION STRATEGY DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘winner-take-all acquisition strategy’’, with respect to the acquisition of vessels under the next-generation destroyer program, means the acquisition (including design and construction) of such vessels through a single shipyard. (d) NEXT-GENERATION DESTROYER PROGRAM.—In this section, the term ‘‘next-generation destroyer program’’ means the program to acquire and deploy a new class of destroyers as the followon to the Arleigh Burke class of destroyers.

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