[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1877. 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, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, 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 B of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 119. REPORT ON POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO THE INDUSTRIAL BASE 
                   OF DELAYING OVERHAUL OF USS GEORGE WASHINGTON 
                   (CVN-73).

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report detailing the potential impacts to 
     the industrial base if the July 2017 start date for the 
     refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the USS GEORGE 
     WASHINGTON (CVN-73) is delayed by six months, one year, or 
     two years. The report shall assume the Navy and industrial 
     base have at least 18 months prior notice of the delay.
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