PUBLIC LAW 104-10&—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 207 (A) $700,000,000 is available for construction of the third vessel (designated SSN-23) in the Seawolf attack submarine class, which shall be the final vessel in that class; and (B) $804,498,000 is available for long-lead and advance construction and procurement of components for construction of the fiscal year 1998 and fiscal year 1999 submarines (previously designated by the Navy as the New Attack Submarine), of which— (i) $704,498,000 shall be available for long-lead and advance construction and procurement for the fiscal year 1998 submarine, which shall be built by Electric Boat Division; and (ii) $100,000,000 shall be available for long-lead and advance construction and procurement for the fiscal year 1999 submarine, which shall be built by Newport News Shipbuilding. (2) Of the amount authorized by section 201(2), $10,000,000 shall be available only for participation of Newport News Shipbuilding in the design of the submarine previously designated by the Navy as the New Attack Submarine. (b) COMPETITION, REPORT, AND BUDGET REVISION LIMITA- TIONS.—(1) Of the amounts specified in subsection (a)(1), not more than $200,000,000 may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of the Navy certifies in writing to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives that procurement of nuclear attack submarines to be constructed beginning— (A) after fiscal year 1999, or (B) if four submarines are procured as provided for in the plan described in subsection (c), after fiscal year 2001, will be under one or more contracts that are entered into after competition between potential competitors (as defined in subsection (k)) in which the Secretary solicits competitive proposals and awards the contract or contracts on the basis of price. (2) Of the amounts specified in subsection (a)(1), not more than $1,000,000,000 may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense, not later than March 15, 1996, accomplishes each of the following: (A) Submits to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of the House of Representatives in accordance with subsection (c) the plan required by that subsection for a program to produce a more capable, less expensive nuclear attack submarine than the submarine design previously designated by the Navy as the New Attack Submarine. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the funding level in the President's budget for each year after fiscal year 1996, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall incorporate the costs of the plan required by subsection (c) in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) even if the total cost of that Program exceeds the President's budget. (C) Directs that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology conduct oversight over the development and improvement of the nuclear attack submarine program of the Navy. Officials of the Department of the Navy exercising management oversight of the program shall report to the Under
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