SEPARATE PROGRAM ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR ARMORED SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 214. SEPARATE PROGRAM ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR ARMORED SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.(a) Program Elements Specified.—Effective for the budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a separate, dedicated program element is assigned to each of the following 119 STAT. 3169 systems development and demonstration projects of the Armored Systems Modernization program:(1) Manned Ground Vehicles.(2) Systems of Systems Engineering and Program Management.(3) Future Combat Systems Reconnaissance Platforms and Sensors.(4) Future Combat Systems Unmanned Ground Vehicles.(5) Unattended Sensors.(6) Sustainment.(b) Early Commencement of Display in Budget Justification Materials.—As part of the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2007, as submitted with the budget of the President under such section 1105(a), the Secretary of the Army shall set forth the budget justification material for the systems development and demonstration projects of the Armored Systems Modernization program identified in subsection (a) as if the projects were already separate program elements.(c) Technology Insertion to Current Force.—(1) Report on establishment of additional program element.—Not later than June 1, 2006, the Secretary of the Army shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees describing the manner in which the costs of integrating Future Combat Systems capabilities into current force programs could be assigned to a separate, dedicated program element and any management issues that would be raised as a result of establishing such a program element.(2) Display in budget justification materials.—As part of the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter, as submitted with the budget of the President under such section 1105(a), the Secretary of the Army shall set forth the budget justification material for technology insertion to the current force under the Armored Systems Modernization program.