S.Amdt. 4854

SA 4854. Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Lieberman) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5631, making
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2007, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:
Sec. 8109. (a) Cost Analysis of Engine Program for Joint
Strike Fighter.--The Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall provide for the
conduct, by a federally funded research and development
center (FFRDC) with appropriate expertise, of a cost analysis
of the engine program for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
(b) Elements.--The cost analysis conducted under subsection
(a) shall address the following:
(1) A comparison of the costs associated with the
development of F-135 engines with the costs associated with
the development of F-136 engines.
(2) An assessment of the savings to be achieved by
eliminating or continuing the development and production of
an alternative engine for the Joint Strike Fighter over the
life-cycle of the Joint Strike Fighter.
(3) An assessment of the effects on the industrial base of
the United States of eliminating or continuing the
development and production of an alternative engine for the
Joint Strike Fighter over the life-cycle of the Joint Strike
Fighter.
(4) Any other matters than the Under Secretary of Defense
considers appropriate.
(c) Transmittal to Congress.--The cost analysis conducted
under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the congressional
defense committees not later than March 15, 2007.
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