ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM.

SEC. 122. ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DESTROYER PROGRAM. (a) Authority for Multiyear Procurement of 6 Additional Vessels.—(1) Subsection (b) of section 122 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 2446) is amended in the first sentence— (A) by striking “12 Arleigh Burke class destroyers” and inserting “18 Arleigh Burke class destroyers”; and (B) by striking “and 2001” and inserting “2001, 2002, and 2003”. (2) The heading for such subsection is amended by striking “TWELVE” and inserting “18”. (b) Fiscal Year 2001 Advance Procurement.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of the Navy is authorized, in fiscal year 2001, to enter into contracts for advance procurement for the Arleigh Burke class destroyers that are to be constructed under contracts entered into after fiscal year 2001 under section 122(b) of Public Law 104–201, as amended by subsection (a)(1). (2) The authority to contract for advance procurement under paragraph (1) is subject to the availability of funds authorized and appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for that purpose in Acts enacted after September 30, 1999. (3) The aggregate amount of the contracts entered into under paragraph (1) may not exceed $371,000,000.113 STAT. 535 (c) Other Funds for Advance Procurement.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, of the funds authorized to be appropriated under section 102(a) for procurement programs, projects, and activities of the Navy, up to $190,000,000 may be made available, as the Secretary of the Navy may direct, for advance procurement for the Arleigh Burke class destroyer program. Authority to make transfers under this subsection is in addition to the transfer authority provided in section 1001.