[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1646 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1646

 To repeal a provision of law preventing donation by the Secretary of 
  the Navy of the two remaining Iowa-class battleships listed on the 
            Naval Vessel Register and related requirements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 12, 1998

     Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Torricelli, and Mr. Bumpers) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To repeal a provision of law preventing donation by the Secretary of 
  the Navy of the two remaining Iowa-class battleships listed on the 
            Naval Vessel Register and related requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Historic Battleship Preservation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR CONTINUED LISTING OF TWO IOWA-CLASS 
              BATTLESHIPS ON THE NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER.

    Section 1011 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 421) is repealed.
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