S.Amdt. 1903

SA 1903. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Sullivan, and Ms. Murkowski)
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 C of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1024. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR POLAR
ICEBREAKERS.

(a) Multiyear Procurement.--Subject to section 2306b of
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy shall
enter into multiyear contracts for the procurement of three
heavy polar icebreakers and any systems and equipment
associated with those vessels.
(b) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Secretary may
enter into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year
2016, for advance procurement associated with the vessels,
systems, and equipment for which authorization to enter into
a multiyear contract is provided under subsection (a).
(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 2016 is subject
to the availability of appropriations or funds for that
purpose for such later fiscal year.
(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 Coast Guard, in
concurrence with the Navy, shall--
(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, with the Coast Guard, as
the sole operator of United States Government polar
icebreaking assets, retaining final decision authority in the
establishment of vessel requirements;
(2) oversee the construction of heavy polar icebreakers
authorized to be procured under this section; and
(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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