[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6494 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6494


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 16, 2010

                                Received

                           December 22, 2010

       Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to 
         improve the Littoral Combat Ship program of the Navy.

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

SECTION 1. LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP PROGRAM.

    (a) Contract Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 121 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 
111-84; 123 Stat. 2211) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``ten Littoral Combat Ships and 15 
                Littoral Combat Ship ship control and weapon systems'' 
                and inserting ``20 Littoral Combat Ships, including any 
                ship control and weapon systems the Secretary 
                determines necessary for such ships,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``a contract'' and inserting ``one 
                or more contracts''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``liability to'' and 
        inserting ``liability of''.
    (b) Technical Data Package.--Subsection (b)(2)(A) of such section 
is amended by striking ``a second shipyard, as soon as practicable'' 
and inserting ``another shipyard to build a design specification for 
that Littoral Combat Ship''.
    (c) Limitation of Costs.--Subsection (c)(1) of such section is 
amended by striking ``awarded to a contractor selected as part of a 
procurement'' and inserting ``under a contract''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 15, 2010.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.