Sec. 129. Authority for incrementally funded contract for the construction of a Virginia-class submarine
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Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act for the Navy for Shipbuilding and Conversion for fiscal year 2025 may be used by the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an incrementally funded contract for the construction of a Virginia-class submarine. A contract entered into under subsection
(a)shall provide that— any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose; and the total liability of the Government for the termination of the contract shall be limited to the total amount of funding obligated to the contract at the time of termination. The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 101 and available for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, Virginia Class Submarine, One Additional Ship, as specified in the funding table in section 4101, is hereby increased by $400,000,000. The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201 and available for Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy, Line 164, Next Generation Fighter, as specified in the funding table in section 4201, is hereby reduced by $400,000,000.