To express the sense of the Senate regarding the funding of the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program of the Navy.
What it does: Adds SEC. 232. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FUNDING OF THE ADVANCED SHIPBUILDING ENTERPRISE UNDER THE NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE NAVY on page 35, between lines 6 and 7
Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)Adds SEC. 232. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FUNDING OF THE ADVANCED SHIPBUILDING ENTERPRISE UNDER THE NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE NAVY on page 35, between lines 6 and 7
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 232. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FUNDING OF THE ADVANCED SHIPBUILDING ENTERPRISE UNDER THE NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE NAVY.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) The budget for fiscal year 2005, as submitted to Congress by the President, provides $10,300,000 for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program of the Navy.
Inserted: (2) The Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise is an innovative program to encourage greater efficiency in the national technology and industrial base.
Inserted: (3) The leaders of the United States shipbuilding industry have embraced the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise as a method for exploring and collaborating on innovation in shipbuilding and ship repair that collectively benefits all components of the industry.
Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate--
Inserted: (1) that the Senate--
Inserted: (A) strongly supports the innovative Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program as an enterprise between the Navy and industry that has yielded new processes and techniques that reduce the cost of building and repairing ships in the United States; and
Inserted: (B) is concerned that the future-years defense program of the Department of Defense that was submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2005 does not reflect any funding for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise after fiscal year 2005; and
Inserted: (2) that the Secretary of Defense should continue to provide in the future-years defense program for funding the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise at a sustaining level in order to support additional research to further reduce the cost of designing, building, and repairing ships.
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On page 35, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
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On page 35, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
SEC. 232. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING FUNDING OF THE ADVANCED SHIPBUILDING ENTERPRISE UNDER THE NATIONAL SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE NAVY.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The budget for fiscal year 2005, as submitted to Congress by the President, provides $10,300,000 for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program of the Navy.
(2) The Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise is an innovative program to encourage greater efficiency in the national technology and industrial base.
(3) The leaders of the United States shipbuilding industry have embraced the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise as a method for exploring and collaborating on innovation in shipbuilding and ship repair that collectively benefits all components of the industry.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate--
(1) that the Senate--
(A) strongly supports the innovative Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program as an enterprise between the Navy and industry that has yielded new processes and techniques that reduce the cost of building and repairing ships in the United States; and
(B) is concerned that the future-years defense program of the Department of Defense that was submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2005 does not reflect any funding for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise after fiscal year 2005; and
(2) that the Secretary of Defense should continue to provide in the future-years defense program for funding the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise at a sustaining level in order to support additional research to further reduce the cost of designing, building, and repairing ships.
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3233 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
June 3, 2004
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3233 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
June 3, 2004
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3233 proposed by Senator Dole for Senator Lott.(consideration: CR S6433-6435; text: CR S6435)
June 3, 2004
Amendment SA 3233 proposed by Senator Dole for Senator Lott. (consideration: CR S6433-6435; text: CR S6435) To express the sense of the Senate regarding the funding of the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise under the National Shipbuilding Research Program of the Navy.
June 3, 2004
Amendment SA 3233 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
June 3, 2004
Senate amendment submitted
May 20, 2004