CONTRACT REQUIREMENT FOR VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM.

SEC. 129. CONTRACT REQUIREMENT FOR VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM. Section 124 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91)is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) through (f) as subsections (e) through (g), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (c), the following: “(d) Contract Requirement.— “(1) In general.—The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that a contract entered into under subsection (a) includes an option to procure a Virginia class submarine in each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023. “(2) Option defined.—In this subsection, the term ‘option’ has the meaning given that term in part 2.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.” .