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PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006 (A) an outline of the management approach to be used in carrying out the program; (B) the goals for the program; and (C) a schedule for the program.

SEC. 216. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR NAVAL MINE COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAMS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 216 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102–190; 105 Stat. 1317), as most recently amended by section 212 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2480), is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’ the following: ‘‘, and the Secretary of Defense has forwarded to the congressional defense committees,’’; (3) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘and, by so certifying, ensures that the budget meets the requirements of section 2437 of title 10, United States Code’’; and (4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following new subsection (c): ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN PROPOSED CHANGES.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a fiscal year, the Secretary may not carry out any change to the naval mine countermeasures master plan or the budget resources for mine countermeasures with respect to that fiscal year until after the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics submits to the congressional defense committees a notification of the proposed change. Such notification shall describe the nature of the proposed change and the effect of the proposed change on the naval mine countermeasures program or related programs with respect to that fiscal year. ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply to a change if both— ‘‘(A) the amount of the change is below the applicable reprogramming threshold; and ‘‘(B) the effect of the change does not affect the validity of the decision to certify.’’. (b) NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION BEFORE DECOMMISSIONG OF MHC–51 VESSELS.—The Secretary of the Navy may not decommission any vessel of the MHC–51 mine countermeasures class before the end of the service life of that vessel until— (1) the Secretary submits to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on existing capabilities to assume the MHC–51 mission, together with the Secretary’s certification that the capabilities of the vessels of the MHC– 51 mine countermeasures class are no longer required; and (2) a period of 30 days has elapsed after the date of receipt of that report and certification by those committees.

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