[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 483. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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 D of title IX, add the following:

     SEC. 953. NEW NAVY SHIP INTEGRATION AND DESIGN CENTER.

       The Secretary of the Navy shall establish at a current 
     Naval Surface Warfare Center a new Navy Ship Integration and 
     Design Center to support current and future Navy vessels 
     acquisition programs in order to reduce costs due to 
     inefficiencies and vessel design cycle times.
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