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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 110TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 110–477 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 1585 DECEMBER 6, 2007.—Ordered to be printed VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:12 Dec 09, 2007 Jkt 038809 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6012 E:\HR\OC\HR477.XXX HR477 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HEARING E:\Seals\Congress.#13 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:12 Dec 09, 2007 Jkt 038809 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\HR477.XXX HR477 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HEARING with PROD1PC69 on bajohnson 1 110TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 110–477 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 1585 DECEMBER 6, 2007.—Ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 38–809 WASHINGTON : 2007 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:12 Dec 09, 2007 Jkt 038809 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 E:\HR\OC\HR477.XXX HR477 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HEARING E:\Seals\Congress.#13 VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:12 Dec 09, 2007 Jkt 038809 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 E:\HR\OC\HR477.XXX HR477 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HEARING C O N T E N T S Page JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CON- FERENCE ............................................................................................................. 609 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONFERENCE ACTIONS ........................................... 609 Explanation of funding summary .................................................................... 609 CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES ................................................... 622 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS ................. 622 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT .......................................................................................... 622 Procurement overview ............................................................................... 622 Budget Items ..................................................................................................... 624 Aircraft Procurement, Army—Overview ................................................. 624 Missile Procurement, Army—Overview ................................................... 629 Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army— Overview ................................................................................................. 632 Procurement of Ammunition, Army—Overview ..................................... 638 Other Procurement, Army—Overview ..................................................... 643 Aircraft Procurement, Navy—Overview .................................................. 663 Weapons Procurement, Navy—Overview ................................................ 670 Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps—Overview ...... 674 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy—Overview ..................................... 679 Other Procurement, Navy—Overview ..................................................... 683 Procurement, Marine Corps—Overview .................................................. 696 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force—Overview ........................................... 704 Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force—Overview ............................... 713 Missile Procurement, Air Force—Overview ............................................ 716 Advanced extremely high frequency satellite ......................................... 720 Other Procurement, Air Force—Overview .............................................. 720 Procurement, Defense-wide—Overview ................................................... 727 National Guard and Reserve Equipment—Overview ............................. 735 Item of Special Interest .................................................................................... 738 Unmanned aerial systems management ................................................. 738 Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations ................................................. 739 Authorization of appropriations (secs. 101–105) ..................................... 739 Subtitle B—Army Programs ............................................................................ 739 Multiyear procurement authority for M1A2 Abrams System Enhance- ment Package upgrades (sec. 111) ........................................................ 739 Multiyear procurement authority for M2A3/M3A3 Bradley fighting vehicle upgrades (sec. 112) .................................................................... 739 Multiyear procurement authority for conversion of CH–47D heli- copters to CH–47F configuration (sec. 113) ......................................... 739 Multiyear procurement authority for CH–47F helicopters (sec. 114) ... 739 Limitation on use of funds for Increment 1 of the Warfighter Infor- mation Network-Tactical program pending certification to Congress (sec. 115) ................................................................................................. 740 Prohibition on closure of Army Tactical Missile System production line pending report (sec. 116) ............................................................... 740 Stryker Mobile Gun System (sec. 117) .................................................... 740 Subtitle C—Navy Programs ............................................................................ 740 Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia-class submarine pro- gram (sec. 121) ....................................................................................... 740 Report on shipbuilding investment strategy (sec. 122) .......................... 741 Sense of Congress on the preservation of a skilled United States shipyard workforce (sec. 123) ................................................................ 741 Assessments required prior to start of construction on first ship of a shipbuilding program (sec. 124) .................................................... 742 (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:12 Dec 09, 2007 Jkt 038809 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR477.XXX HR477 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HEARING IV Page TITLE I—PROCUREMENT—Continued Subtitle C—Navy Programs—Continued Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program (sec. 125) ..................................... 742 Subtitle D—Air Force Programs ..................................................................... 742 Limitation on Joint Cargo Aircraft (sec. 131) ......................................... 742 Clarification of limitation on retirement of U–2 aircraft (sec. 132) ...... 743 Repeal of requirement to maintain retired C–130E tactical aircraft (sec. 133) ................................................................................................. 743 Limitation on retirement of C–130E/H tactical airlift aircraft (sec. 134) ......................................................................................................... 743 Limitation on retirement of KC–135E aerial refueling aircraft (sec. 135) ......................................................................................................... 744 Transfer to Government of Iraq of three C–130E tactical airlift air- craft (sec. 136) ........................................................................................ 744 Modification of limitations on retirement of B–52 bomber aircraft (sec. 137) ................................................................................................. 744 Legislative Provisions Not Adopted ................................................................ 745 Advance procurement for Virginia class submarine program ............... 745 Authority to transfer funds for submarine engineered refueling over- hauls and conversions and for aircraft carrier refueling complex overhauls ................................................................................................ 745 Consolidation of Joint Network Node program and Warfighter Infor- mation Network-Tactical program into single Army tactical net- work program ......................................................................................... 746 General fund enterprise business system ............................................... 746 Limitation on final assembly of VH–71 presidential transport heli- copters ..................................................................................................... 746 Limitation on retiring C–5 aircraft .......................................................... 746 Responsibility of the Air Force for fixed-wing support of Army intra- theater logistics ...................................................................................... 747 Sense of Congress on rapid fielding of Associate Intermodal Platform system and other innovative logistics systems .................................... 748 Sense of Congress on the Air Force strategy for the replacement of the aerial refueling tanker aircraft fleet ......................................... 748 Sense of Congress regarding need to replace Army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer .......................................................................... 748 TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION ............................. 749 Budget Items ..................................................................................................... 749 Research, Development,
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