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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 950
To direct the Secretary of the Navy to notify Congress of the pending
retirement of any naval vessel that is a viable candidate for artificial
reefing, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY9, 2023
Ms. S
ALAZAR(for herself, Mr. CASE, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr.
B
ILIRAKIS, Mr. WALTZ, and Mrs. CAMMACK) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Navy to notify Congress of
the pending retirement of any naval vessel that is a
viable candidate for artificial reefing, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Re-using Equipment 4
for Environmental Fortification Act’’ or the ‘‘REEF Act’’. 5
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•HR 950 IH
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF PENDING RE-1
TIREMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS THAT ARE 2
VIABLE CANDIDATES FOR ARTIFICIAL 3
REEFING. 4
(a) S
ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-5
gress that the Secretary of the Navy should explore and 6
solicit artificial reefing opportunities with appropriate en-7
tities for any naval vessel planned for retirement before 8
initiating any plans to dispose of the vessel. 9
(b) R
EPORT.—Not later than 90 days before the re-10
tirement from the Naval Vessel Register of any naval ves-11
sel that is a viable candidate for artificial reefing, the Sec-12
retary of the Navy shall notify Congress of the pending 13
retirement of such vessel. 14
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