[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4341. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1023. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS AND COASTAL STATES OF 
                   PENDING ACTION TO STRIKE FROM THE NAVAL VESSEL 
                   REGISTER NAVAL VESSELS THAT ARE VIABLE 
                   CANDIDATES FOR ARTIFICIAL REEFING.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of the Navy should explore and solicit 
     artificial reefing opportunities with appropriate entities 
     for any naval vessel planned for retirement before initiating 
     any plans to dispose of the vessel.
       (b) Notification.--Not later than 90 days before the date 
     on which a naval vessel that is a viable candidate for 
     artificial reefing is to be stricken from the Naval Vessel 
     Register, the Secretary of the Navy shall notify Congress and 
     the appropriate agency of each coastal State of such pending 
     action.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate agency.--The term ``appropriate agency'' 
     with respect to a coastal State means the agency that the 
     coastal State has designated to administer an artificial reef 
     program.
       (2) Coastal state.--The term ``coastal State''--
       (A) means any one of the States of Alabama, Alaska, 
     California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, 
     Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New 
     Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, 
     Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and 
     Washington; and
       (B) includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
     States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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