LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR JOINT MULTI-MISSION SUBMERSIBLE PROGRAM.

SEC. 215. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR JOINT MULTI-MISSION SUBMERSIBLE PROGRAM. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act for fiscal year 2010 may be obligated or expended for the Joint Multi-Mission Submersible program to proceed beyond Milestone B approval (as that term is defined in section 2366(e)(7) of title 10, United States Code) until the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence—(1) completes an assessment on the feasibility of a cost-sharing agreement between the Department of Defense and the intelligence community (as that term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))), for the Joint Multi-Mission Submersible program;(2) submits to the congressional defense committees and the intelligence committees (as that term is defined in section 3(7) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(7)) the assessment referred to in paragraph (1); and(3) certifies to the congressional defense committees and the intelligence committees that any agreement developed pursuant to the assessment referred to in paragraph (1) represents the most effective and affordable means of delivery for meeting a validated program requirement.