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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6304. Mr. GRAHAM 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1094. HISTORIC NAVAL SHIP PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.—There is established in the Department
of the Interior the Historic Naval Ship Preservation Grant
Program to support the physical preservation of historic
military vessels, ensuring the continued availability of
these vessels to the American public to educate on the past
and inspire the future of United States military maritime
endeavors.
(b) Administration.—The Program shall be administered by
the Secretary, in consultation with the Department of
Homeland Security and the Department of Defense.
(c) Grant Uses.—In carrying out the Program, the Secretary
may award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible
entities for the following activities:
(1) Conserving and preserving historic military vessels at
covered sites, including—
(A) physical upkeep and repair of the vessels; and
(B) mitigating environmental hazards or damage to the
vessels.
(2) Implementing education and workforce development
programs related to military maritime careers, including
shipbuilding and submarine construction.
(d) Eligible Entities.—
(1) In general.—In carrying out the Program, the Secretary
may award grants to a unit of State or local government or a
private nonprofit organization that administers a covered
site.
(2) Application.—To be eligible for a grant under the
Program, an organization that administers a covered site
shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary
may require.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the Program
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year
thereafter.
(f) Definition.—In this section:
(1) Covered site.—The term “covered site” means a
museum, memorial, monument, educational center, or other
venue that provides public access to, or publicly displays, a
historic military vessel.
(2) Historic military vessel.—The term “historic military
vessel” means a vessel
that has been decommissioned or otherwise removed from
service and—
(A) was owned and operated by the Department of Defense or
the Coast Guard, other than a time- or voyage-chartered
vessel;
(B) was owned and operated by the Department of
Transportation and designated by the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating as a vessel
equivalent to a vessel described in subparagraph (A); or
(C) was built for, or pursuant to a contract with, the
United States Maritime Commission or other legacy branch of
the Department of Transportation and at some point in the
vessel's service was equipped with armaments and embarked
Navy Armed Guard personnel to operate the armaments.
(3) Program.—The term “Program” means the Historic Naval
Ship Preservation Grant Program established by subsection
(a).
(4) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary
of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National
Park Service.