[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3622]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2608. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 C of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 129. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR GERALD R. FORD CLASS 
                   AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM.

       (a) Contract Authority.--
       (1) Procurement authorized.--The Secretary of the Navy may 
     enter into one or more contracts, beginning with the fiscal 
     year 2019 program year, for the procurement of one Gerald R. 
     Ford class aircraft carrier to be designated CVN-81.
       (2) Procurement in conjunction with cvn-80.--The aircraft 
     carrier authorized to be procured under subsection (a) may be 
     procured as an addition to the contract covering the Gerald 
     R. Ford class aircraft carrier designated CVN-80 that is 
     authorized to be constructed under section 121 of the John 
     Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2007 (Public Law 109-364; 120 Stat. 2104).
       (b) Use of Incremental Funding.--With respect to a contract 
     entered into under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy 
     may use incremental funding to make payments under the 
     contract.
       (c) Liability.--A contract entered into under subsection 
     (a) shall provide that the total liability to the Government 
     for termination of the contract entered into shall be limited 
     to the total amount of funding obligated at the time of 
     termination.
       (d) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A contract 
     entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any 
     obligation of the United States to make a payment under the 
     contract for a fiscal year is subject to the availability of 
     appropriations for that purpose for such fiscal year.
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