((a)) ** .—** The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that no naval vessel specified in subsection (b) that is listed in the Naval Vessel Register is forward deployed overseas for a period in excess of ten years. At the end of a period of overseas forward deployment, the vessel shall be assigned a homeport in the United States.

((b)) ** .—** A naval vessel specified in this subsection is any of the following:

((1)) Aircraft carrier.

((2)) Amphibious ship.

((3)) Cruiser.

((4)) Destroyer.

((5)) Frigate.

((6)) Littoral Combat Ship.

((c)) ** .—** The Secretary of the Navy may waive the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to a naval vessel if the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees notice in writing of—

((1)) the waiver of such limitation with respect to the vessel;

((2)) the date on which the period of overseas forward deployment of the vessel is expected to end; and

((3)) the factors used by the Secretary to determine that a longer period of deployment would promote the national defense or be in the public interest.