[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1414 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1414

   To state the policy of the United States on the minimum number of 
                     available battle force ships.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2017

    Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. 
  Blumenthal, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Strange, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
 Inhofe, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Sullivan, Ms. Hirono, 
 Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To state the policy of the United States on the minimum number of 
                     available battle force ships.

    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 ``Securing the Homeland by Increasing 
our Power on the Seas Act'' or ``SHIPS Act''.

SEC. 2. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES ON MINIMUM NUMBER OF BATTLE FORCE 
              SHIPS.

    It shall be the policy of the United States to have available, as 
soon as practicable, not fewer than 355 battle force ships, comprised 
of the optimal mix of platforms, with funding subject to the annual 
authorization of appropriation and the annual appropriation of funds.
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