LHA REPLACEMENT (LHA(R)) SHIP.

SEC. 129. LHA REPLACEMENT (LHA(R)) SHIP.(a) Amount Authorized From SCN Account for Fiscal Year 2006.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(3) for fiscal year 2006 for shipbuilding and conversion, Navy, $200,447,000 shall be available for design, advance procurement, advance construction, detail design, and construction with respect to the LHA Replacement (LHA(R)) ship.(b) Amounts Authorized From SCN Account for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for shipbuilding and conversion, 119 STAT. 3160 Navy, shall be available for construction with respect to the LHA Replacement ship.(c) Contract Authority.—(1) Design, advance procurement, and advance construction.—The Secretary of the Navy may enter into a contract during fiscal year 2006 for design, advance procurement, and advance construction with respect to the LHA Replacement ship.(2) Detail design and construction.—The Secretary may enter into a contract during fiscal year 2006 for the detail design and construction of the LHA Replacement ship.(d) Condition for Out-Year Contract Payments.—A contract entered into under subsection (c) 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 such fiscal year.(e) Funding as Increment of Full Funding.—The amounts available under subsections (a) and (b) for the LHA Replacement ship are the first increments of funding for the full funding of the LHA Replacement (LHA(R)) ship program.