[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7493]
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  SA 3988. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2022 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. 138. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF MARK 
                   VI PATROL BOATS.

       (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
     fiscal year 2022 for the Navy may be obligated or expended to 
     retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage any Mark VI 
     patrol boat.
       (b) Report.--Not later than February 15, 2022, the 
     Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Commandant of 
     the Marine Corps, shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report that includes each of the following:
       (1) The rationale for the retirement of existing Mark VI 
     patrol boats, including an operational analysis of the effect 
     of such retirements on the warfighting requirements of the 
     combatant commanders.
       (2) A review of operating concepts for escorting high value 
     units without the Mark VI patrol boat.
       (3) A description of the manner and concept of operations 
     in which the Marine Corps could use the Mark VI patrol boat 
     to support distributed maritime operations, advanced 
     expeditionary basing operations, and persistent presence near 
     maritime choke points and strategic littorals in the Indo-
     Pacific region.
       (4) An assessment of the potential for modification, and 
     the associated costs, of the Mark VI patrol boat for the 
     inclusion of loitering munitions or antiship cruise missiles, 
     such as the Long Range Anti Ship Missile and the Naval Strike 
     Missile, particularly to support the concept of operations 
     described in paragraph (3).
       (5) A description of resources required for the Marine 
     Corps to possess, man, train, and maintain the Mark VI patrol 
     boat in the performance of the concept of operations 
     described in paragraph (3) and modifications described in 
     paragraph (4).
       (6) At the discretion of the Commandant of the Marine 
     Corps, a plan for the Marine Corps to take possession of the 
     Mark VI patrol boat not later than September 30, 2022.
       (7) Such other matters as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate.
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