To require a report on the policies and practices of the Navy for naming the vessels of the Navy.

This amendment's own text couldn't be picked out of its Congressional Record passage, so the passage is shown in full.

SA 1134. Mr. BLUNT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follow:

       At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1024. REPORT ON POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF THE NAVY FOR
                   NAMING THE VESSELS OF THE NAVY.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
     shall submit to Congress a report on the policies and
     practices of the Navy for naming vessels of the Navy.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
     set forth the following:
       (1) A description of the current policies and practices of
     the Navy for naming vessels of the Navy.
       (2) A description of the extent to which the policies and
     practices described under paragraph (1) vary from historical
     policies and practices of the Navy for naming vessels of the
     Navy, and an explanation for such variances (if any).
       (3) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of
     establishing fixed policies for the naming of one or more
     classes of vessels of the Navy, and a statement of the
     policies recommended to apply to each class of vessels
     recommended to be covered by such fixed policies if the
     establishment of such fixed policies is considered feasible
     and advisable.
       (4) Any other matters relating to the policies and
     practices of the Navy for naming vessels of the Navy that the
     Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
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