[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2609 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2609

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to make permanent the 
  requirement for an annual report on the material readiness of Navy 
                     ships, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2021

 Mr. Wittman (for himself and Mr. Garamendi) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 10, United States Code, to make permanent the 
  requirement for an annual report on the material readiness of Navy 
                     ships, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORT ON MATERIAL READINESS OF NAVY SHIPS.

    Section 8674(d) of title 10, United States Code is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``submit to the'' inserting 
                ``provide to the'';
                    (B) by inserting ``a briefing and submit to such 
                committees'' after ``congressional defense 
                committees''; and
                    (C) by striking ``setting forth'' and inserting 
                ``regarding'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``in an unclassified form that is 
                releasable to the public without further redaction.'' 
                and inserting ``in--''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraphs:
            ``(A) a classified form that shall be available only to the 
        congressional defense committees; and
            ``(B) an unclassified form that is releasable to the public 
        without further redaction''; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (3).
                                 <all>