Ill STAT. 1650 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 Notice. to result in such cost savings as may be required in order to meet the cost Hmitation specified in subsection (f). (e) ADJUSTMENTS TO FUTURE-YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM. —The Secretary of Defense shall make such plans for the CVN-77 aircraft carrier program as are necessary to attain for the program the cost savings that are contemplated for the procurement of the CVN-77 aircraft carrier in the March 1997 procurement plan. (f) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF PROCUREMENT.— (1) The Secretary of the Navy shall structure the program for the procurement of the CVN-77 aircraft carrier, and shall manage that program, so that the total cost of the procurement of the CVN-77 aircraft carrier does not exceed $4,600,000,000 (such amount being the estimated cost for the procurement of the CVN-77 aircraft carrier in the March 1997 procurement plan). (2) The Secretary of the Navy may adjust the amount set forth in paragraph (1) for the CVN-77 aircraft carrier program by the following: (A) The amounts of outfitting costs and post-delivery costs incurred for the program. (B) The amounts of increases or decreases in costs attributable to economic inflation after September 30, 1997. (C) The amounts of increases or decreases in costs attributable to compliance with changes in Federal, State, or local laws enacted after September 30, 1997. (D) The amounts of increases or decreases in costs of the program that are attributable to new technology built into the CVN-77 aircraft carrier, as compared to the technology built into the baseline design of the CVN-76 aircraft carrier. (E) The amounts of increases or decreases in costs resulting from changes the Secretary proposes in the funding plan (as contemplated in the March 1997 procurement plan) on which the projected savings are based. (3) The Secretary of the Navy shall annually submit to Congress, at the same time as the budget is submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, written notice of any change in the amount set forth in paragraph (1) during the preceding fiscal year that the Secretary has determined to be associated with a cost referred to in paragraph (2). (g) MARCH 1997 PROCUREMENT PLAN DEFINED. —In this section, the term "March 1997 procurement plan" means the procurement plan for the CVN-77 aircraft carrier that was submitted to the Navy and Congress by the shipbuilder in March 1997. SEC. 123. EXCLUSION FROM COST LIMITATION FOR SEAWOLF SUB- MARINE PROGRAM. (a) AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR CAN- CELED VESSELS. — (1) The Secretary of the Navy may exclude from the application of the cost limitation for the Seawolf submarine program such amounts, not in excess of $272,400,000, as were appropriated for fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992 for procurement of Seawolf-class submarines that have been canceled. (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "cost limitation for the Seawolf submarine program" means the limitation in section 133(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 211).
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