[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 918. Mr. McCAIN (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by Mr. McCain 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EAST COAST HOMEPORT FOR NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT 
                   CARRIERS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Mayport Naval Station, Florida, has served as a 
     homeport for aircraft carriers.
       (2) In 2009, the United States Navy submitted its decision 
     to establish a second East Coast homeport for nuclear-powered 
     aircraft carriers to strategically disperse the capital 
     fleet.
       (3) The decision to make Mayport Naval Station capable of 
     homeporting a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was endorsed 
     by the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review.
       (b) Development of Second East Coast CVN Homeport.--Not 
     later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the Navy's plan for developing 
     a second East Coast homeport for nuclear-powered aircraft 
     carriers. The report shall include a schedule, by fiscal 
     year, for funding the development of a second homeport for 
     nuclear-powered aircraft carriers on the East Coast of the 
     United States.
       (c) Authority to Carry Out Construction Design.--Subject to 
     subsection (b), the Secretary of the Navy may carry out 
     construction design activities in connection with the 
     military construction projects that the Secretary identifies 
     as necessary for the improvement of the facilities located at 
     Mayport Naval Station, Florida, so that such facilities may 
     be used as the homeport of a nuclear powered aircraft 
     carrier.
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