Sec. 8105.

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There is appropriated $540,000,000 for the Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund , to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided , That the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer funds from the Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund to appropriations for military personnel; operation and maintenance; research, development, test and evaluation; and procurement, only for the purposes of manning, operating, sustaining, equipping and modernizing the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers CG–63, CG–64, CG–65, CG–66, CG–67, CG–68, CG–69, CG–70, CG–71, CG–72, CG–73, and the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships LSD–41, LSD–42, and LSD–46:

Provided further , That funds transferred shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriation to which they are transferred: Provided further , That the transfer authority provided herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided further , That the Secretary of the Navy shall, not less than 30 days prior to making any transfer from the Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund , notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details of such transfer:

Provided further , That the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer and obligate funds from the Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment Fund for modernization of not more than two Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers as detailed above in fiscal year 2015: Provided further , That no more than six Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers shall be in a phased modernization at any time: Provided further , That the Secretary of the Navy shall contract for the required modernization equipment in the year prior to inducting a Ticonderoga-class cruiser for modernization:

Provided further , That the prohibition in section 2244a(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to the use of any funds transferred pursuant to this section.