S.Amdt. 3189
What it does: Adds SEC. 132. AUTHORITY FOR MID-LIFE COMPLEX REFUELING OVERHAULS OF NIMITZ CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS at the end of subtitle C of title I
Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA)What it changes
1 change to S. 3254 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 132. AUTHORITY FOR MID-LIFE COMPLEX REFUELING OVERHAULS OF NIMITZ CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS at the end of subtitle C of title I
Adds a sectionIn S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate
It is the sense of Senate that, if the budget request of the Department of the Navy for fiscal year 2014 for F-18 aircraft includes a request for funds for more than 13 new F-18 aircraft, the budget request of the Department of the Navy for fiscal year 2014 for F-35 aircraft should include a request for funds for not fewer than 6 F-35B aircraft and 4 F-35C aircraft, presuming that development, testing, and production of the F-35 aircraft are proceeding according to current plans.
Inserted: SEC. 132. AUTHORITY FOR MID-LIFE COMPLEX REFUELING OVERHAULS OF NIMITZ CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Navy shall carry out the mid-life complex refueling overhauls of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers as a single program. The program shall be carried out in accordance with the schedule for the complex refueling overhauls as submitted to Congress with the President's budget request.
Inserted: (b) Contract Authority.--Subject to the availability of appropriations for shipbuilding and conversion for a specific vessel in a specific fiscal year, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into contracts for the mid-life complex refueling overhauls of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers designated CVN-72, CVN-73, CVN-74, CVN-75, CVN-76, and CVN-77. Any such contract may use incremental funding authority of not more than three fiscal years per vessel, subject to subsection (c).
Inserted: (c) Condition for Out-year Contract Payment.--A contract entered into under subsection (b) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment in a fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the contract is awarded shall be subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following:
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SA 3189. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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 follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following:
SEC. 132. AUTHORITY FOR MID-LIFE COMPLEX REFUELING OVERHAULS OF NIMITZ CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Navy shall carry out the mid-life complex refueling overhauls of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers as a single program. The program shall be carried out in accordance with the schedule for the complex refueling overhauls as submitted to Congress with the President's budget request.
(b) Contract Authority.--Subject to the availability of appropriations for shipbuilding and conversion for a specific vessel in a specific fiscal year, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into contracts for the mid-life complex refueling overhauls of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers designated CVN-72, CVN-73, CVN-74, CVN-75, CVN-76, and CVN-77. Any such contract may use incremental funding authority of not more than three fiscal years per vessel, subject to subsection (c).
(c) Condition for Out-year Contract Payment.--A contract entered into under subsection (b) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment in a fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the contract is awarded shall be subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 29, 2012