Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy

Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, as follows: NSSN (AP), $748,497,000; CVN–77 (AP), $751,540,000; CVN Refuelings (AP), $345,565,000; DDG–51 destroyer program, $2,681,653,000; LPD–17 amphibious transport dock ship, $1,508,338,000; LHD-8 (AP), $375,000,000; ADC(X), $439,966,000; LCAC landing craft air cushion program, $31,776,000; and For craft, outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first destination transportation, $171,119,000; In all: $7,053,454,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2004: Provided, That additional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2004, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted work that must be performed in the final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading for the construction or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the construction of major components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby granted 113 STAT. 1224the authority to enter into a contract for an LHD–1 Amphibious Assault Ship which shall be funded on an incremental basis.