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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5877. Mr. McCORMICK (for himself and Mr. Kelly) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 in subtitle B of title X, insert
the following:
SEC. __. PRIORITIZATION AND BRIEFING ON READY RESERVE FORCE
MODERNIZATION.
(a) Prioritization of Design Requirements.—The Secretary
of the Navy and the
Secretary of Transportation shall prioritize the finalization
of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels.
(b) Briefing Required.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy,
in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation, shall
provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional
committees on the following:
(1) The status of the sealift vessel design being developed
pursuant to section 3546 of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (46 U.S.C.
57100 note).
(2) The plan and timeline for establishing a vessel
construction manager program for Ready Reserve Force new
construction, including—
(A) the anticipated procurement strategy;
(B) the vessel construction manager selection process; and
(C) criteria for shipyard selection.
(3) The funding profile required to execute the 10-ship
newbuild program authorized under section 2218(f) of title
10, United States Code, phased by fiscal year.
(4) The relationship between the newbuild program and the
ongoing used vessel procurement program, including how those
programs will be managed in parallel to maintain Ready
Reserve Force readiness during the transition period.
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term
“appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
(2) Ready reserve force.—The term “Ready Reserve Force”
has the meaning given that term in chapter 571 of title 46,
United States Code.