REPORT ON TESTING OF INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6.

SEC. 221. REPORT ON TESTING OF INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6.(a) Additional Plan Element.—Subsection (b) of section 331 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1850) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(5) A certification by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the conversion of Department of Defense networks to Internet Protocol version 6 will provide equivalent or better performance and capabilities than that which would be provided by any other combination of available technologies or protocols.”.(b) Official Responsible for Oversight of Test and Evaluation Plan.—Such section is further amended—(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):“(d) Official Responsible for Oversight of Test and Evaluation Plan.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense as the official responsible within the Department of Defense for oversight and direction of the test and evaluation plan under this section and for approval of the master test and evaluation plan under this section.”.(c) Annual Report.—Subsection (e) of such section (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:“(e) Reports.—“(1) Not later than June 30, 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 119 STAT. 3174 containing the transition plan under subsection (a), updated to the time of the submission of the report.“(2) For each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, the Secretary of Defense shall, not later than the end of that fiscal year, submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the testing and evaluation carried out pursuant to subsection (c).”.