[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 145 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 145

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 25, 2005

Mr. Nelson of Florida (for himself, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. 
Allen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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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