[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5850]
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  SA 3952. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees an addendum to the 
     30-year shipbuilding plan of the Navy that sets forth in 
     detail the manner in which the Department of the Navy will 
     take into account in such plan each of the following:
       (1) Appropriate diversification among small-sized and 
     medium-sized surface ships.
       (2) Existing programs and designs in production of Armed 
     Forces other than the Navy that could be used to achieve a 
     Navy of 355 surface ships in a more expeditious and cost-
     effective manner than is currently contemplated by the plan.
       (3) Capacity in the shipbuilding industry as of the date of 
     the report.
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