S.Amdt. 2258

SA 2258. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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:

On page 20, strike lines 13 and 14 and insert the following: costs of that ship that are attributable solely to an urgent and unforeseen requirement identified as a result of the shipboard test program.”.

(c) Limitation on Shipboard Test Program Cost Adjustment.--The Secretary of the Navy may use the authority under paragraph (7) of section 122(b) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, as added by subsection (b), to adjust the amount set forth in section 122(a)(1) of that Act, as amended by subsection (a), for the ship referred to in such paragraph with respect to an urgent and unforeseen requirement identified as a result of the shipboard test program only if--

(1) the Secretary determines, and certifies to the congressional defense committees, that such requirement was not known before the date of the submittal to Congress of the budget for fiscal year 2014 (as submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code);

(2) the Secretary determines, and certifies to the congressional defense committees, that waiting on an action by Congress to raise the cost cap specified in such section 122(a)(1) to account for such requirement will result in a delay in the delivery of that ship or a delay in the date of initial operating capability of that ship; and

(3) the Secretary submits to Congress a report setting forth a description of such requirement before the obligation of additional funds pursuant to such authority.