CVN–78 AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

SEC. 128. CVN–78 AIRCRAFT CARRIER.(a) Authority to Use Multiple Years of Funding.—The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enter into a contract for detail design and construction of the aircraft carrier designated CVN–78 that provides that, subject to subsection (b), funds for payments under the contract may be provided from amounts appropriated for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, for fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009.(b) Condition for Out-Year Contract Payments.—A contract described in subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2006 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for that fiscal year.