S.Amdt. 483

SA 483. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 D of title IX, add the following:

SEC. 953. NEW NAVY SHIP INTEGRATION AND DESIGN CENTER.

The Secretary of the Navy shall establish at a current
Naval Surface Warfare Center a new Navy Ship Integration and
Design Center to support current and future Navy vessels
acquisition programs in order to reduce costs due to
inefficiencies and vessel design cycle times.
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