114 STAT. 1654A-28 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX SEC. 128. HELICOPTER SUPPORT OF FFG-7 FRIGATES DURING FISCAL YEAR 2001. During fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of the Navy shall operate one squadron of six SH-2G helicopters to provide organic helicopter assets for operational support of missions that are to be carried out by FFG-7 Flight I and Flight II frigates during that fiscal year. SEC. 129. V-22 COCKPIT AIRCRAFT VOICE AND FLIGHT DATA RECORD- ERS. The Secretary of Defense shall require that all V-22 Osprey aircraft be equipped with a state-of-the-art cockpit voice recorder and a state-of-the-art flight data recorder each of which meets, at a minimum, the standards for such devices recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board. Subtitle D—Air Force Programs SEC. 131. ANNUAL REPORT ON B-2 BOMBER. (a) IN GENERAL. —(1) Chapter 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 2282. B-2 bomber: annual report "Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the B-2 bomber aircraft. Each such report shall include the following: "(1) Identification of the average full-mission capable rate of B-2 aircraft for the preceding fiscal year and the Secretary's overall assessment of the implications of that full-mission capable rate on mission accomplishment for the B-2 aircraft, together with the Secretary's determination as to whether that rate is adequate for the accomplishment of each of the missions assigned to the B-2 aircraft as of the date of the assessment. "(2) An assessment of the technical capabilities of the B- 2 aircraft and whether these capabilities are adequate to accomplish each of the missions assigned to that aircraft as of the date of the assessment. "(3) Identification of all ongoing and planned development of technologies to enhance the capabilities of that aircraft. "(4) Identification and assessment of additional technologies that would make that aircraft more capable or survivable against known and evolving threats. "(5) A fiscally phased program for each technology identified in paragraphs (3) and (4) for the budget year and the futureyears defense program, based on the following three funding situations: "(A) The President's current budget. "(B) The President's current budget and the current Department of Defense unfunded priority list. "(C) The maximum executable funding for the B-2 aircraft given the requirement to maintain enough operationally ready aircraft to accomplish missions assigned to the B-2 aircraft.".
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