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PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

such proposed budgets provide balanced support for the plan required under subsection (a)(3). (3) ACTIONS OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than March 31 of the year preceding the fiscal year for which such budgets are proposed, submit to Congress a report on those proposed budgets which the head of the single joint program office has not certified under paragraph (2) to be adequate, including a discussion of the actions that the Secretary proposes to take to address the inadequacy of the proposed budgets. (d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED.—Not later than May 1, 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of this section. SEC. 219. LIMITATION ON SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF PERSONNEL RECOVERY VEHICLE.

Not more than 40 percent of the amounts made available pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 201 for systems development and demonstration of the Personnel Recovery Vehicle may be obligated until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees each of the following: (1) The Secretary’s certification that the requirements for the Personnel Recovery Vehicle have been validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council and that the acquisition schedule has been validated by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. (2) The Secretary’s certification that all technologies required to meet the requirements (as validated under paragraph (1)) for the Personnel Recovery Vehicle are mature and will have been demonstrated in a relevant environment before inclusion in production aircraft. (3) The Secretary’s assessment of whether another aircraft, or modification of an aircraft, in the inventory of the Department of Defense can meet the requirements and provide a more cost effective solution (as validated under paragraph (1)) for the Personnel Recovery Vehicle Program. (4) In the event that the Department chooses to award a contract for the Personnel Recovery Vehicle Program for an aircraft not in the Department of Defense inventory, the Secretary’s explanation of the reasons why the chosen system would be more effective or less expensive in terms of total life-cycle costs. (5) A statement setting forth the independent cost estimate and manpower estimate (as required by section 2434 of title 10, United States Code) for the Personnel Recovery Vehicle. SEC. 220. LIMITATION ON VXX HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

(a) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 201 for the VXX executive helicopter program, not more than 75 percent may be obligated for system development and demonstration of the VXX helicopter until the Secretary of the Navy submits to Congress an event-driven acquisition strategy for Increment Two of the program that includes the completion of

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