[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5405]
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  SA 5948. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO MANNING SHIPS 
                   UNDERGOING REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL.

       (a) In General.--Not later than February 1, 2023, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
     the House of Representatives a report addressing alternative 
     approaches to manning ships undergoing refueling and complex 
     overhaul.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) The number of first-term enlisted sailors who were 
     assigned to the USS George Washington for more than two years 
     of its most recent refueling and complex overhaul 
     availability.
       (2) The number of first-term enlisted sailors who were 
     assigned to the USS George Washington for four or more years 
     of its most recent refueling and complex overhaul 
     availability.
       (3) For first-term enlisted sailors who were assigned to 
     the USS George Washington during its most recent refueling 
     and complex overhaul availability and did not have the 
     opportunity to practice their rating, the plans of the Navy 
     for assigning and using those sailors if they reenlist.
       (4) A description of actions that the Navy has taken or 
     plans to take--
       (A) to limit the duration of assignments of first-term 
     enlisted sailors to ships undergoing refueling and complex 
     overhaul; and
       (B) to provide first-term enlisted sailors assigned to 
     ships undergoing refueling and complex overhaul with 
     opportunities, such as through temporary duty assignments, to 
     learn and practice their rating.
       (5) A feasibility analysis of an alternative policy to 
     limit assignments of first-term enlisted sailors to ships 
     undergoing refueling and complex overhaul to not more than 
     two years by--
       (A) splitting the term between two or more ships;
       (B) implementing a series of temporary duty assignments; or
       (C) other means.
       (6) A discussion of any barriers to implementing an 
     alternative policy that would limit the time of first-term 
     enlisted sailors aboard ships undergoing refueling and 
     complex overhaul, including statutory restrictions, budgetary 
     resources, undermanning, end strength, training systems, and 
     any other relevant barriers.
       (7) A projected timeline and estimated costs and benefits 
     of implementing an alternative policy that would limit the 
     time of first-term enlisted sailors aboard ships undergoing 
     refueling and complex overhaul.
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