[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1386 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1386

To provide multiyear procurement authority for the procurement of up to 
   six polar icebreakers to be owned and operated by the Coast Guard.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 2015

Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. Sullivan) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                           on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide multiyear procurement authority for the procurement of up to 
   six polar icebreakers to be owned and operated by the Coast Guard.

    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 ``Icebreaker Recapitalization Act''.

SEC. 2. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR POLAR ICEBREAKERS.

    (a) Multiyear Procurement.--Subject to section 2306b of title 10, 
United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy shall enter into 
multiyear contracts for the procurement of up to six heavy duty polar 
icebreakers and any systems and equipment associated with those 
vessels.
    (b) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Secretary may enter 
into one or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2016, for advance 
procurement associated with the vessels, systems, and equipment for 
which authorization to enter into a multiyear contract is provided 
under subsection (a).
    (c) Condition for Out-Year Contract Payments.--A contract entered 
into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the 
United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year 
after fiscal year 2016 is subject to the availability of appropriations 
or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
    (d) Memorandum of Agreement.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the 
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall 
enter into a memorandum of agreement establishing a process by which 
the Coast Guard, in concurrence with the Navy, shall--
            (1) identify the vessel specifications, capabilities, 
        systems, equipment, and other details required for the design 
        of heavy polar icebreakers capable of fulfilling Navy and Coast 
        Guard mission requirements, with the Coast Guard, as the sole 
        operator of United States Government polar icebreaking assets, 
        retaining final decision authority in the establishment of 
        vessel requirements;
            (2) oversee the construction of heavy polar icebreakers 
        authorized to be procured under this section; and
            (3) to the extent not adequately addressed in the 1965 
        Revised Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of the 
        Navy and the Department of the Treasury on the Operation of 
        Icebreakers, transfer heavy polar icebreakers procured through 
        contracts authorized under this section from the Navy to the 
        Coast Guard to be maintained and operated by the Coast Guard.
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