Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Section 1022 of H.R. 2647 and Section 1011 of S. 1390 (the House- and Senate- reported versions of the FY2010 defense authorization bill) would authorize a waiver to 10 USC 5062(b), so as to permit the Navy's carrier force to decline from 11 ships to 10 between the decommissioning of the Enterprise (CVN-65) and the commissioning of CVN-78. Section 122 of H.R. 2647 would require the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the effects of using a five-year interval for the construction of Ford-class aircraft carriers, and prohibit the Navy from using FY2010 research and development or advance procurement funding for CVN-79 for activities that would limit the Navy's ability to award a construction contract for CVN-79 in FY2012 or CVN-80 in FY2016. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees, in their reports (H.Rept. 111-230 of July 24, 2009 and S.Rept. 111-74 of September 10, 2009, respectively) on the FY2010 Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations bill (H.R. 3326), both recommend approving the Navy's request for FY2010 procurement and advance procurement funding for the CVN-78 program.


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