((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.