S.Amdt. 5621

SA 5621. Mr. REID (for Mr. Kennedy) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title II, the following:

SEC. 133. PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS FOR CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS.

(a) Contingent Requirement for Report on Modification of Shipbuilding Programs.--If as part of the future-years defense program submitted to Congress in 2009 under section 221 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy modifies the shipbuilding program for cruisers or the shipbuilding program for destroyers for the Navy, the Secretary shall submit to Congress with such future-years defense program the following:

(1) An acquisition strategy for cruisers and destroyers that has been approved by the Department of Defense.

(2) The results of reviews by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council for an Acquisition Category I program that supports the need for the modified acquisition strategy.

(3) A verification by an independent review panel convened by the Secretary of Defense that, in evaluating the modification of the shipbuilding program concerned, the Secretary of the Navy considered each of the following:

(A) Modeling and simulation, including wargaming conclusions regarding combat effectiveness.

(B) Assessments of platform operational availability.

(C) Cost savings or penalties from changed vessel manning levels to accomplish missions.

(4) An intelligence analysis reflecting the coordinated assessment of the Defense Intelligence Agency supporting changes to the mix of platforms in the shipbuilding program concerned compared with the 2009 shipbuilding program for the vessels concerned in order to address future threats.

(5) The differences in cost and schedule arising from the need to accommodate new sensors and weapons to counter the future threats referred to in paragraph (4) in comparison with the cost and schedule arising from the need to accommodate sensors and weapons as contemplated by the 2009 shipbuilding program for the vessels concerned.

(6) A verification by the commanders of the combatant commands that the modified shipbuilding program for the vessels concerned would be preferable to the current shipbuilding program for the vessels concerned in meeting their future mission requirements.

(7) A joint review by the Navy and the Missile Defense Agency setting forth additional requirements for investment in Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems if the budget of the President for fiscal year 2010 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code), requests funding for such investment in amounts above the amounts specified in the future-years defense program submitted to Congress in 2008 in the budget of the President for fiscal year 2009 (as so submitted).

(b) Technology Roadmap for Next Generation Cruiser and Fleet Modernization.--

(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop a plan to incorporate into the Next Generation Cruiser (CG(X)) program and the Fleet Modernization program the following:

(A) Applicable technologies developed for combat systems for each of the following:

(i) The DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyer.

(ii) Aegis destroyers and cruisers.

(iii) Aegis ballistic missile defense.

(iv) Ship self-defense systems.

(B) Integrated electric propulsion technologies.

(2) Scope of plan.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall include sufficient detail for systems and subsystems to ensure that the plan--

(A) avoids redundant development for common functions; and

(B) reflects implementation of Navy plans for achieving an open architecture for all surface combat systems.