[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1621. Mr. COATS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1024. PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF NUCLEAR POWERED 
                   AIRCRAFT CARRIERS BEFORE FIRST REFUELING.

       Section 5062 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) A nuclear powered aircraft carrier may not be retired 
     before its first refueling.''.
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