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Sec. 1014 · S. 2296

Prohibition on retiring and decommissioning oceanographic research vessels of the Navy

Division A — Department of Defense authorizations › Title X — General provisions › Subtitle B — Naval vessels

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Committee version · Sec. 1014

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2026 may be obligated or expended to retire or decommission, prepare to retire or decommission, or place in storage any oceanographic research vessel of the Navy unless the Secretary of the Navy has identified and acquired a suitable replacement vessel for conducting the research that has been conducted by the vessel selected for retirement or decommissioning.

•S 2296 RSSEC. 1014
Passed the Senate · Sec. 1014

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2026 may be obligated or expended to retire or decommission, prepare to retire or decommission, or place in storage any oceanographic research vessel of the Navy unless the Secretary of the Navy has identified and acquired a suitable replacement vessel for conducting the research that has been conducted by the vessel selected for retirement or decommissioning.

•S 2296 ESSEC. 1014

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