S.Amdt. 5948
What it does: Adds SEC. 1064. REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO MANNING SHIPS UNDERGOING REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL at the end of subtitle F of title X
Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-CT)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1064. REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO MANNING SHIPS UNDERGOING REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL at the end of subtitle F of title X
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking "180 days after" and inserting "one year after".
Inserted: SEC. 1064. REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO MANNING SHIPS UNDERGOING REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than February 1, 2023, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report addressing alternative approaches to manning ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) The number of first-term enlisted sailors who were assigned to the USS George Washington for more than two years of its most recent refueling and complex overhaul availability.
Inserted: (2) The number of first-term enlisted sailors who were assigned to the USS George Washington for four or more years of its most recent refueling and complex overhaul availability.
Inserted: (3) For first-term enlisted sailors who were assigned to the USS George Washington during its most recent refueling and complex overhaul availability and did not have the opportunity to practice their rating, the plans of the Navy for assigning and using those sailors if they reenlist.
Inserted: (4) A description of actions that the Navy has taken or plans to take--
Inserted: (A) to limit the duration of assignments of first-term enlisted sailors to ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul; and
Inserted: (B) to provide first-term enlisted sailors assigned to ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul with opportunities, such as through temporary duty assignments, to learn and practice their rating.
Inserted: (5) A feasibility analysis of an alternative policy to limit assignments of first-term enlisted sailors to ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul to not more than two years by--
Inserted: (A) splitting the term between two or more ships;
Inserted: (B) implementing a series of temporary duty assignments; or
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Inserted: (C) other means.
Inserted: (6) A discussion of any barriers to implementing an alternative policy that would limit the time of first-term enlisted sailors aboard ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul, including statutory restrictions, budgetary resources, undermanning, end strength, training systems, and any other relevant barriers.
Inserted: (7) A projected timeline and estimated costs and benefits of implementing an alternative policy that would limit the time of first-term enlisted sailors aboard ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5948. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1064. REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO MANNING SHIPS UNDERGOING REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL.
(a) In General.--Not later than February 1, 2023, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report addressing alternative approaches to manning ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) The number of first-term enlisted sailors who were assigned to the USS George Washington for more than two years of its most recent refueling and complex overhaul availability.
(2) The number of first-term enlisted sailors who were assigned to the USS George Washington for four or more years of its most recent refueling and complex overhaul availability.
(3) For first-term enlisted sailors who were assigned to the USS George Washington during its most recent refueling and complex overhaul availability and did not have the opportunity to practice their rating, the plans of the Navy for assigning and using those sailors if they reenlist.
(4) A description of actions that the Navy has taken or plans to take--
(A) to limit the duration of assignments of first-term enlisted sailors to ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul; and
(B) to provide first-term enlisted sailors assigned to ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul with opportunities, such as through temporary duty assignments, to learn and practice their rating.
(5) A feasibility analysis of an alternative policy to limit assignments of first-term enlisted sailors to ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul to not more than two years by--
(A) splitting the term between two or more ships;
(B) implementing a series of temporary duty assignments; or
(C) other means.
(6) A discussion of any barriers to implementing an alternative policy that would limit the time of first-term enlisted sailors aboard ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul, including statutory restrictions, budgetary resources, undermanning, end strength, training systems, and any other relevant barriers.
(7) A projected timeline and estimated costs and benefits of implementing an alternative policy that would limit the time of first-term enlisted sailors aboard ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 28, 2022