10 U.S.C. § 8691 — Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers: dis-

Page 3343 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 8691 (c) LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM ACTIVITIES DE- FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘low-enriched uranium activities’’ means the following: (1) Planning or carrying out research and de- velopment of an advanced naval nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium. (2) Procuring ships that use low-enriched uranium in naval nuclear propulsion reactors. (Added Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXI, § 3115(b)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1886, § 7319; re- numbered § 8689, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 8689, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 537; Sept. 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87–304, § 9(d), 75 Stat. 665, related to assignments and allotments of pay, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 87–649, § 14c(57), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 502, effective Nov. 1, 1962. See section 701 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services. AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7319 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. § 8690. Limitation on length of overseas forward deployment of naval vessels (a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that no naval vessel specified in subsection (b) that is listed in the Naval Vessel Register is forward deployed overseas for a pe- riod in excess of ten years. At the end of a period of overseas forward deployment, the vessel shall be assigned a homeport in the United States. (b) VESSELS SPECIFIED.—A naval vessel speci- fied in this subsection is any of the following: (1) Aircraft carrier. (2) Amphibious ship. (3) Cruiser. (4) Destroyer. (5) Frigate. (6) Littoral Combat Ship. (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Navy may waive the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to a naval vessel if the Secretary sub- mits to the congressional defense committees notice in writing of— (1) the waiver of such limitation with re- spect to the vessel; (2) the date on which the period of overseas forward deployment of the vessel is expected to end; and (3) the factors used by the Secretary to de- termine that a longer period of deployment would promote the national defense or be in the public interest. (Added § 7320 and renumbered § 8690, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title III, § 323(a)(1), title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1719, 1836.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 8690, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 538, exempted enlisted members of Air Force, while on active duty, from arrest for any debt, unless it was contracted before enlistment and amounted to at least $20 when first contracted, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 90–235, § 7(b)(1), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 763. AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(d)(2), renumbered section 7320 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by section 807(d)(2) of Pub. L. 115–232 ef- fective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesigna- tions, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. TREATMENT OF CURRENTLY DEPLOYED VESSELS; EXTENSION OF LIMITATION FOR U.S.S. SHILOH Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title III, § 323(b), (c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1720, as amended by Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title III, § 353(2), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1321; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title III, § 344, Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3538, provided that: ‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF CURRENTLY DEPLOYED VESSELS.— In the case of any aircraft carrier, amphibious ship, cruiser, destroyer, frigate, or littoral combat ship that has been forward deployed overseas for a period in ex- cess of ten years as of the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 13, 2018], the Secretary of the Navy shall en- sure that such vessel is assigned a homeport in the United States by not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act. ‘‘(c) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF OVER- SEAS FORWARD DEPLOYMENT FOR U.S.S. SHILOH (CG–67).—Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Sec- retary of the Navy shall ensure that the U.S.S. Shiloh (CG–67) is assigned a homeport in the United States by not later than September 30, 2023.’’ § 8691. Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers: dis- mantlement and disposal (a) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 90 days before the award of a contract for the dismantlement and disposal of a nuclear-powered aircraft car- rier, or the provision of funds to a naval ship- yard for the dismantlement and disposal of a nu- clear-powered aircraft carrier, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional de- fense committees a report setting forth the fol- lowing: (1) A cost and schedule baseline for the dis- mantlement and disposal approved by the service acquisition executive of the Depart- ment of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Oper- ations. (2) A description of the regulatory frame- work applicable to the management of radio- active materials in connection with the dis- mantlement and disposal, including, in cases in which the Navy intends to have another government entity serve as the regulatory en- forcement authority— (A) a certification from that entity of its agreement to serve as the regulatory en- forcement authority; and (B) a description of the legal basis for the authority of that entity to serve as the regu- latory enforcement authority. Page 3344 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 8692 (b) SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION WITH BUDG- ETS.—In the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budg- et of the President for a fiscal year (as sub- mitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary of the Navy shall include in- formation on each dismantlement and disposal of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier occurring or planned to occur during the period of the fu- ture-years defense program submitted to Con- gress with that budget. Such information shall include, by ship concerned, the following: (1) A summary of activities and significant developments in connection with such dis- mantlement and disposal. (2) If applicable, a detailed description of cost and schedule performance against the baseline for such dismantlement and disposal established pursuant to subsection (a), includ- ing a description of and explanation for any variance from such baseline. (3) A description of the amounts requested, or intended or estimated to be requested, for such dismantlement and disposal for each of the following: (A) Each fiscal year covered by the future- years defense program. (B) Any fiscal years before the fiscal years covered by the future-years defense pro- gram. (C) Any fiscal years after the end of the pe- riod of the future-years defense program. (c) FUTURE-YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM DE- FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘future-years defense program’’ means the future-years de- fense program required by section 221 of this title. (Added § 7321 and renumbered § 8691, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), title X, § 1016(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1950.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 8691 was renumbered section 9253 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 807(d)(2), renumbered section 7321 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by section 807(d)(2) of Pub. L. 115–232 ef- fective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesigna- tions, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. § 8692. Ford-class aircraft carriers: cost limita- tion baselines (a) LIMITATION.—The total amounts obligated or expended from funds authorized to be appro- priated or otherwise made available for Ship- building and Conversion, Navy, or for any other procurement account, may not exceed the fol- lowing amounts for the following aircraft car- riers: (1) $13,224,000,000 for the construction of the aircraft carrier designated CVN–78. (2) $11,398,000,000 for the construction of the aircraft carrier designated CVN–79. (3) $12,202,000,000 for the construction of the aircraft carrier designated CVN–80. (4) $12,451,000,000 for the construction of the aircraft carrier designated CVN–81. (b) EXCLUSION OF BATTLE AND INTERIM SPARES FROM COST LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy shall exclude from the determination of the amounts set forth in subsection (a) the costs of the following items: (1) CVN–78 class battle spares. (2) Interim spares. (3) Increases attributable to economic infla- tion after December 1, 2018, not otherwise in- cluded in the amounts listed in subsection (a). (c) WRITTEN NOTICE AND BRIEFING ON CHANGE IN AMOUNT.—The Secretary of the Navy may ad- just an amount listed in subsection (a) not fewer than 15 days after submitting written notice and providing a briefing to the congressional defense committees, each of which shall include the amount and rationale of any change and the re- sulting amount after such change. (Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title I, § 121(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1233.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Another section 8692 was renumbered section 8693 of this title. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 8692, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 538, provided qualifications to receive a rating of pilot in time of peace, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 92–168, § 3(1), Nov. 24, 1971, 85 Stat. 489. See section 2003 of this title. § 8693. Biennial report on shipbuilder training and the defense industrial base (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 of each even-numbered year until 2026, the Sec- retary of the Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit to the Com- mittee on Armed Services and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a report on ship- builder training and hiring requirements nec- essary to achieve the Navy’s 30-year ship- building plan and to maintain the shipbuilding readiness of the defense industrial base. Each such report shall include each of the following: (1) An analysis and estimate of the time and investment required for new shipbuilders to gain proficiency in particular shipbuilding oc- cupational specialties, including detailed in- formation about the occupational specialty re- quirements necessary for construction of naval surface ship and submarine classes to be included in the Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan. (2) An analysis of the age demographics and occupational experience level (measured in years of experience) of the shipbuilding de- fense industrial workforce. (3) An analysis of the potential time and in- vestment challenges associated with devel-