To express the sense of the Senate in support of the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise of the National Shipbuilding Research Program.
What it does: Adds SEC. 1039. ADVANCED SHIPBUILDING ENTERPRISE on page 291, between lines 14 and 15
Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)Adds SEC. 1039. ADVANCED SHIPBUILDING ENTERPRISE on page 291, between lines 14 and 15
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 1039. ADVANCED SHIPBUILDING ENTERPRISE.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) The President's budget for fiscal year 2004, as submitted to Congress, includes $10,300,000 for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise of the National Shipbuilding Research Program.
Inserted: (2) The Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise is an innovative program to encourage greater efficiency among shipyards in the defense industrial base.
Inserted: (3) The leaders of the Nation's shipbuilding industry have embraced the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise as a method of exploring and collaborating on innovation in shipbuilding and ship repair that collectively benefits all manufacturers in the industry.
Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
Inserted: (1) the Senate strongly supports the innovative Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise of the National Shipbuilding Research Program that has yielded new processes and techniques to reduce the cost of building and repairing ships in the United States;
Inserted: (2) the Senate is concerned that the future-years defense program submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2004 does not reflect any funding for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise after fiscal year 2004; and
Inserted: (3) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy should continue funding the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise at a sustaining level through the future-years defense program to support subsequent rounds of research that reduce the cost of designing, building, and repairing ships.
Original wording
On page 291, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
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As printed
On page 291, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
SEC. 1039. ADVANCED SHIPBUILDING ENTERPRISE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The President's budget for fiscal year 2004, as submitted to Congress, includes $10,300,000 for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise of the National Shipbuilding Research Program.
(2) The Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise is an innovative program to encourage greater efficiency among shipyards in the defense industrial base.
(3) The leaders of the Nation's shipbuilding industry have embraced the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise as a method of exploring and collaborating on innovation in shipbuilding and ship repair that collectively benefits all manufacturers in the industry.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the Senate strongly supports the innovative Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise of the National Shipbuilding Research Program that has yielded new processes and techniques to reduce the cost of building and repairing ships in the United States;
(2) the Senate is concerned that the future-years defense program submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2004 does not reflect any funding for the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise after fiscal year 2004; and
(3) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy should continue funding the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise at a sustaining level through the future-years defense program to support subsequent rounds of research that reduce the cost of designing, building, and repairing ships.
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 700 proposed by Senator Warner for Senator Lott.(consideration: CR S6836-6837; text: CR S6836)
May 21, 2003
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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 700 proposed by Senator Warner for Senator Lott.(consideration: CR S6836-6837; text: CR S6836)
May 21, 2003
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 700 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
May 21, 2003
Amendment SA 700 proposed by Senator Warner for Senator Lott. (consideration: CR S6836-6837; text: CR S6836) To express the sense of the Senate in support of the Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise of the National Shipbuilding Research Program.
May 21, 2003
Amendment SA 700 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
May 21, 2003
Senate amendment submitted
May 20, 2003