Sec. 232. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SURFACE NAVY LASER WEAPON SYSTEM

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## SEC. 232 LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SURFACE NAVY LASER WEAPON SYSTEM ###

(a)Limitation None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to exceed, in fiscal year 2019, a procurement quantity of one Surface Navy Laser Weapon System, also known as the High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance (HELIOS), unless the Secretary of the Navy submits to the congressional defense committees a report on such system with the elements set forth in subsection (b). ###

(b)Elements The elements set forth in this subsection are, with respect to the system described in subsection (a), the following: ####

(1)A document setting forth the requirements for the system, including desired performance characteristics. ####

(2)An acquisition plan that includes the following: #####

(A)A program schedule to accomplish design completion, technology maturation, risk reduction, and other activities, including dates of key design reviews (such as Preliminary Design Review and Critical Design Review) and program initiation decision (such as Milestone B) if applicable. #####

(B)A contracting strategy, including requests for proposals, the extent to which contracts will be competitively awarded, option years, option quantities, option prices, and ceiling prices. #####

(C)The fiscal years of procurement and delivery for each engineering development model, prototype, or similar unit planned to be acquired. #####

(D)A justification for the fiscal years of procurement and delivery for each engineering development model, prototype, or similar unit planned to be acquired. ####

(3)A test plan and schedule sufficient to achieve operational effectiveness and operational suitability determinations (such as Early Operational Capability and Initial Operational Capability) related to the requirements set forth in paragraph (1). ####

(4)Associated funding and item quantities, disaggregated by fiscal year and appropriation, requested in the Fiscal Year 2019 Future Years Defense Program. ####

(5)An estimate of the acquisition costs, including the total costs for procurement, research, development, test, and evaluation.