S.Amdt. 3257

1. Adds SEC. 132. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR POLAR ICEBREAKERS at the end of subtitle C of title I

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   In 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. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR POLAR ICEBREAKERS.

   Inserted: (a) Multiyear Procurement.--Subject to section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy shall enter into multiyear contracts, beginning with the fiscal year 2013 program year, for the procurement of up to four heavy duty polar icebreakers and any systems and equipment associated with those vessels.

   Inserted: (b) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Secretary may enter into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2013, for advance procurement associated with the vessels, systems, and equipment for which authorization to enter into a multiyear contract is provided under subsection (a).

   Inserted: (c) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropriations or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.

   Inserted: (d) Memorandum of Agreement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall enter into a memorandum of agreement establishing a process by which the Navy, in concurrence with the Coast Guard, shall--

   Inserted: (1) identify the vessel specifications, capabilities, systems, equipment, and other details required for the design of heavy polar icebreakers capable of fulfilling Navy and Coast Guard mission requirements;

   Inserted: (2) oversee the construction of heavy polar icebreakers authorized to be procured under this section; and

   Inserted: (3) to the extent not adequately addressed in the 1965 Revised Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Treasury on the Operation of Icebreakers, transfer heavy polar icebreakers procured through contracts authorized under this section from the Navy to the Coast Guard to be maintained and operated by the Coast Guard.

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

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