3.0.0 2452 2023-01-11T13:40:24Z 2023-01-11T13:40:24Z Senate S 2018-02-26 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-02-26T21:44:22Z 2018-02-26 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2018-02-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2018-02-26 True Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-02-26 Introduced in Senate 2019-05-13T15:39:12Z Surface Warfare Enhancement Act of 2018

This bill directs the Department of the Navy to:

  • conduct a comprehensive review of its operational and administrative chains-of-command and functions;
  • implement a training and readiness matrix for Navy surface ships;
  • conduct a comprehensive assessment of the Navy standard workweek;
  • require that watchstanders on Navy surface ships shall maintain a career record of watchstanding hours and specific operational evolutions;
  • establish minimum at-sea and simulator time and evolution requirements for qualified Navy officers in certain positions;
  • provide for the use of not fewer than six Navy Yard Patrol craft in total at the Surface Warfare Officer School Basic Division Officer Course in San Diego, California, and Norfolk, Virginia; and
  • maintain manning fit and manning fill for ships assigned to the Forward Deployed Naval Forces at levels not less than the levels established for each ship class or type of unit deploying from the United States.

Vessels listed in the Naval Vessel Register may not be homeported in a location other than in the United States or Guam for a period of more than 10 consecutive years.

The bill imposes certain limitations on transition of enlisted training to Ready Relevant Learning block learning, modernized delivery, or similar approaches, and grants authority to treat military units as unavailable for deployment due to a significant readiness deficiency.

]]> Surface Warfare Enhancement Act of 2018 Display Title Surface Warfare Enhancement Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the improvement of the capacity of the Navy to conduct surface warfare operations and activities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Surface Warfare Enhancement Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2452is/xml/BILLS-115s2452is.xml 2018-02-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.