Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007
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Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and Air Force for aircraft, missiles, weapons and tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement.
(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 for defense-wide procurement.
Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Limits the availability of Army procurement funds for procurement of the Joint Network Node until the Secretary of the Army reports to the congressional defense and appropriations committees on certain strategies connected with such Node and related programs.
(Sec. 112) Requires a report from the: (1) Comptroller General (CG) to the defense and appropriations committees on the participation and activities of the lead systems integrator in the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program; (2) Secretary of the Army to such committees on the Army modularity initiative; and (3) CG annually to such committees assessing Army progress and use of funds in connection with the modularity initiative.
(Sec. 114) Requires that priority for the distribution of new and combat serviceable equipment for active and reserve forces be given to units scheduled for mission deployment, employment first, or both, regardless of component. Authorizes priority distribution of Army National Guard equipment for states that have experienced a major disaster, but only after distribution of new and combat serviceable equipment has been made in accordance with the priority of distributing new and combat serviceable equipment for active and reserve forces to units scheduled for mission deployment, employment first, or both.
Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Makes Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds authorized for construction of CVN-21 class aircraft carriers available in the fiscal year for which they are authorized and the succeeding three fiscal years. Earmarks specified FY2007 Navy funds for advance procurement with respect to the CVN-21 class carriers designated CVN-78, 79, and 80. Provides contract authority with respect to advance procurement and construction for such ships.
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