Inclusion of Navy amphibious ship maintenance as a separate line item in operation and maintenance budget

(a) In general The budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2027 and each subsequent fiscal year, shall display Navy amphibious ship maintenance as one or more separate line items under each subactivity within operation and maintenance, Navy. (b) Allocation of fiscal year 2026 funds Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for operation and maintenance, Navy for ship maintenance, the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that such funds are allocated to provide, on a per capita basis, an equal or greater amount of funding for each amphibious warfare ship that enters into maintenance availability during fiscal year 2026 relative to the amount of funding provided for each surface combatant ship. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term amphibious warfare ship — (A) means a ship designed with organic capability to engage in all the doctrinal types of amphibious operations across multiple domains and having characteristics that enable long duration, inter-theater, distributed maritime operations; and (B) includes any— (i) amphibious assault ship; (ii) amphibious assault ship (multi-purpose); (iii) amphibious transport dock; and (iv) dock landing ship. (2) The term surface combatant ship — (A) means a surface ship that is designed primarily to engage in attacks against airborne, surface, subsurface, and shore targets; and (B) includes any— (i) guided missile cruiser; (ii) guided missile destroyer; (iii) guided missile frigate; and (iv) littoral combat ship.

(a) In general The budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2027 and each subsequent fiscal year, shall display Navy amphibious ship maintenance as one or more separate line items under each subactivity within operation and maintenance, Navy. (b) Allocation of fiscal year 2026 funds Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2026 for operation and maintenance, Navy for ship maintenance, the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that such funds are allocated to provide, on a per capita basis, an equal or greater amount of funding for each amphibious warfare ship that enters into maintenance availability during fiscal year 2026 relative to the amount of funding provided for each surface combatant ship. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term amphibious warfare ship — (A) means a ship designed with organic capability to engage in all the doctrinal types of amphibious operations across multiple domains and having characteristics that enable long duration, inter-theater, distributed maritime operations; and (B) includes any— (i) amphibious assault ship; (ii) amphibious assault ship (multi-purpose); (iii) amphibious transport dock; and (iv) dock landing ship. (2) The term surface combatant ship — (A) means a surface ship that is designed primarily to engage in attacks against airborne, surface, subsurface, and shore targets; and (B) includes any— (i) guided missile cruiser; (ii) guided missile destroyer; (iii) guided missile frigate; and (iv) littoral combat ship.