S.Amdt. 918

SA 918. Mr. McCAIN (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to
be proposed by Mr. McCain 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EAST COAST HOMEPORT FOR NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT
CARRIERS.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Mayport Naval Station, Florida, has served as a
homeport for aircraft carriers.
(2) In 2009, the United States Navy submitted its decision
to establish a second East Coast homeport for nuclear-powered
aircraft carriers to strategically disperse the capital
fleet.
(3) The decision to make Mayport Naval Station capable of
homeporting a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was endorsed
by the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review.
(b) Development of Second East Coast CVN Homeport.--Not
later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the Navy's plan for developing
a second East Coast homeport for nuclear-powered aircraft
carriers. The report shall include a schedule, by fiscal
year, for funding the development of a second homeport for
nuclear-powered aircraft carriers on the East Coast of the
United States.
(c) Authority to Carry Out Construction Design.--Subject to
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Navy may carry out
construction design activities in connection with the
military construction projects that the Secretary identifies
as necessary for the improvement of the facilities located at
Mayport Naval Station, Florida, so that such facilities may
be used as the homeport of a nuclear powered aircraft
carrier.
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