Sec. 1047. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES

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## SEC. 1047 LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES ###

(a)Limitation Not more than 50 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Defense for the Strategic Capabilities Office ghost fleet overlord unmanned surface vehicle program may be obligated or expended until the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, certifies to the congressional defense committees that— ####

(1)such project accelerates development of the future unmanned surface vehicle program of the Navy; and ####

(2)the desired procurement strategy for the ghost fleet overlord project is properly coordinated and not duplicative of the unmanned surface vehicle sea hunter program of the Navy. ###

(b)Rule of Construction The limitation in subsection

(a)shall not be construed to apply to any other unmanned surface vehicle program of the Department of Defense other than the program element specified in such subsection.