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Calendar No. 102 Calendar No. 102 109TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 1st Session SENATE 109–69 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 R E P O R T [TO ACCOMPANY S. 1042] ON AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 FOR MILI- TARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILI- TARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE MAY 17, 2005.—Ordered to be printed ★ (Star Print) VerDate Aug 04 2004 15:24 May 25, 2005 Jkt 021326 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\SR069.XXX SR069 E:\Seals\Congress.#13 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 VerDate Aug 04 2004 15:24 May 25, 2005 Jkt 021326 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\SR069.XXX SR069 1 Calendar No. 102 109TH CONGRESS " ! REPORT 1st Session SENATE 109–69 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 R E P O R T [TO ACCOMPANY S. 1042] ON AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 FOR MILI- TARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILI- TARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE MAY 17, 2005.—Ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 21–326 ★ (Star Print) WASHINGTON : 2005 VerDate Aug 04 2004 15:24 May 25, 2005 Jkt 021326 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\SR069.XXX SR069 E:\Seals\Congress.#13 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES (109th Congress, 1st Session) JOHN WARNER, Virginia, Chairman JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona CARL LEVIN, Michigan JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts PAT ROBERTS, Kansas ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine JACK REED, Rhode Island JOHN ENSIGN, Nevada DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii JAMES M. TALENT, Missouri BILL NELSON, Florida SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina MARK DAYTON, Minnesota ELIZABETH DOLE, North Carolina EVAN BAYH, Indiana JOHN CORNYN, Texas HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York JOHN THUNE, South Dakota JUDITH A. ANSLEY, Staff Director RICHARD D. DEBOBES, Democratic Staff Director (II) VerDate Aug 04 2004 15:24 May 25, 2005 Jkt 021326 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\SR069.XXX SR069 C O N T E N T S Page Purpose of the Bill ................................................................................................... 1 Committee overview and recommendations .......................................................... 2 Explanation of funding summary .................................................................... 8 Division A—Department of Defense Authorizations ............................................ 17 Title I—Procurement ............................................................................................... 17 Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations ................................................. 17 Explanation of tables ................................................................................ 17 Subtitle B—Army Programs ............................................................................ 19 Multiyear procurement authority for AH–64D Apache attack heli- copter block II conversions (sec. 111) ................................................... 38 Multiyear procurement authority for modernized target acquisition designation/pilot night vision sensors for AH–64D Apache attack helicopters (sec. 112) .............................................................................. 38 Multiyear procurement authority for utility helicopters (sec. 113) ....... 38 Missile Procurement, Army ............................................................................. 39 Advanced precision kill weapon system .................................................. 39 Weapons and Tracked Vehicles ....................................................................... 39 Lightweight 155 millimeter Howitzer ..................................................... 39 Army Ammunition ............................................................................................ 39 M1028 120mm tank cartridge .................................................................. 39 Modern demolition initiator ..................................................................... 39 Rapid wall breaching kit ........................................................................... 40 Ammunition peculiar equipment outloading modules ............................ 40 Provision of industrial facilities ............................................................... 40 Conventional ammunition demilitarization ............................................ 40 Other Procurement, Army ............................................................................... 41 Movement tracking system ....................................................................... 41 Night vision devices .................................................................................. 42 Modular causeway system ........................................................................ 42 Subtitle C—Navy Programs ............................................................................ 42 Prohibition on acquisition of next generation destroyer (DD(X)) through a single naval shipyard (sec. 121) .......................................... 66 Split funding authorization for CVN–78 aircraft carrier (sec. 122) ...... 66 LHA replacement (LHA(R)) ship (sec. 123) ............................................. 67 Refueling and complex overhaul of the USS ‘‘Carl Vinson’’ (sec. 124) .. 67 Navy Aircraft .................................................................................................... 68 C–40A procurement .................................................................................. 68 Advanced targeting pods ........................................................................... 68 Night targeting system upgrade .............................................................. 68 H–53 modifications .................................................................................... 68 SH–60 armed helicopter ........................................................................... 69 EP–3 aircraft electronic attack ................................................................ 69 P–3 aircraft modifications ......................................................................... 69 Navy Weapons .................................................................................................. 70 AIM–9X captive air training missile ....................................................... 70 Weapons industrial facilities .................................................................... 70 Gun mount modifications ......................................................................... 70 Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition ............................................................. 70 M795 155mm high explosive cartridge .................................................... 70 Time fuze blasting igniter ........................................................................ 70 Shipbuilding ...................................................................................................... 71 DD(X) destroyer program ......................................................................... 71 DDG–51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer modernization program .......... 71 Other Procurement, Navy ................................................................................ 72 (III) VerDate Aug 04 2004 15:24 May 25, 2005 Jkt 021326 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\SR069.XXX SR069 IV Page Title I—Procurement—Continued Other Procurement, Navy—Continued High performance metal fiber brushes for shipboard motors and gen- erators ..................................................................................................... 72 Items less than 5.0 million ....................................................................... 72 Littoral combat ship mission modules ..................................................... 72 Submarine acoustic modernization installation ...................................... 73 Surface sonar dome window ..................................................................... 73 Surface electronic warfare improvement program ................................. 73 Weapons range support equipment ......................................................... 73 Maritime domain awareness .................................................................... 73 Rolling airframe missile launcher system ............................................... 74 NULKA anti-ship missile decoy ............................................................... 74 Submarine training device modifications ................................................ 74 Command support equipment .................................................................. 74 Navy medical automated information technology insertion .................. 75 Marine Corps Procurement .............................................................................. 75 Modification kits ........................................................................................ 75 Rapid deploying interoperable shelter systems ...................................... 75 United Stated Marine Corps continuity of operations ..........................
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