Relating to the aircraft carriers of the Navy.

SA 498. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Allen,
and Mr. Talent) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill H.R. 1268, Making emergency supplemental appropriations for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly
implement regulations for State driver's license and identification
document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the
asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds
for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of
the San Diego border fence, and

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for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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aircraft carriers of the navy

Sec. 1122. (a) Funding for Repair and Maintenance of U.S.S.
John F. Kennedy.--Of the amount appropriated to the
Department of the Navy by this Act, necessary funding will be
made available for such repair and maintenance of the U.S.S.
John F. Kennedy as the Navy considers appropriate to extend
the life of U.S.S. John F. Kennedy.
(b) Limitation on Reduction in Number of Active Aircraft
Carriers.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act may be obligated or expended to reduce the number
of active aircraft carriers of the Navy below 12 active
aircraft carriers until the later of the following:
(1) The date that is 180 days after the date of the
submittal to Congress of the quadrennial defense review
required in 2005 under section 118 of title 10, United States
Code.
(2) The date on which the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
certifies to Congress that such agreements have been entered
into to provide port facilities for the permanent forward
deployment of such numbers of aircraft carriers as are
necessary in the Pacific Command Area of Responsibility to
fulfill the roles and missions of that Command, including
agreements for the forward deployment of a nuclear aircraft
carrier after the retirement of the current two conventional
aircraft carriers.
(c) Active Aircraft Carriers.--For purposes of this
section, an active aircraft carrier of the Navy includes an
aircraft carrier that is temporarily unavailable for
worldwide deployment due to routing or scheduled maintenance.
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