[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4947]
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  SA 3181. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. 2__. PLAN FOR RENEWAL OF VESSELS ADMINISTERED BY 
                   UNIVERSITY NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY 
                   SYSTEM.

       (a) Plan Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall develop 
     a plan for a program to renew vessels administered by the 
     University National Oceanographic Laboratory System that are 
     part of the United States Academic Research Fleet.
       (b) Contents.--The plan developed pursuant to subsection 
     (a) shall include provisions for the construction of up to 
     four Global-class ships.
       (c) Funding.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2026 by section 201 for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation is hereby increased by $20,000,000, with 
     the amount of the increase to be available for Ship 
     Preliminary Design and Feasibility Studies (PE 0603564N) and 
     carrying out this section.
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