S.Amdt. 1877

SA 1877. Mr. COATS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 B of title I, add the following:

SEC. 119. REPORT ON POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE INDUSTRIAL BASE
OF DELAYING OVERHAUL OF USS GEORGE WASHINGTON
(CVN-73).

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report detailing the potential impacts to
the industrial base if the July 2017 start date for the
refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the USS GEORGE
WASHINGTON (CVN-73) is delayed by six months, one year, or
two years. The report shall assume the Navy and industrial
base have at least 18 months prior notice of the delay.
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