[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 304 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 304

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the naval forces of 
  the Navy to include not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2005

 Mr. Crenshaw (for himself, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Stearns, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis 
of Virginia, Mr. Cantor, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mrs. Drake, Mr. 
 Mica, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Meek of Florida, and Mr. 
    Shaw) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to require the naval forces of 
  the Navy to include not less than 12 operational aircraft carriers.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR 12 OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WITHIN 
              NAVAL FORCES OF THE NAVY.

    Section 5062 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
        (c) and (d), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection (b):
    ``(b) The naval combat forces of the Navy shall include not less 
than 12 operational aircraft carriers. For purposes of this subsection, 
an operational aircraft carrier includes an aircraft carrier that is 
temporarily unavailable for worldwide deployment due to routine or 
scheduled maintenance or repair.''.
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