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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 950 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of the Navy to notify Congress of the pending |
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| 6 | 6 | | retirement of any naval vessel that is a viable candidate for artificial |
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| 7 | 7 | | reefing, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY9, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | ALAZAR(for herself, Mr. CASE, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | B |
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| 13 | 13 | | ILIRAKIS, Mr. WALTZ, and Mrs. CAMMACK) introduced the following |
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| 14 | 14 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To direct the Secretary of the Navy to notify Congress of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the pending retirement of any naval vessel that is a |
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| 18 | 18 | | viable candidate for artificial reefing, and for other pur- |
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| 19 | 19 | | poses. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Re-using Equipment 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | for Environmental Fortification Act’’ or the ‘‘REEF Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 Mar 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H950.IH H950 |
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| 26 | 26 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 950 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF PENDING RE-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | TIREMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS THAT ARE 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | VIABLE CANDIDATES FOR ARTIFICIAL 3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | REEFING. 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) S |
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| 33 | 33 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | gress that the Secretary of the Navy should explore and 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | solicit artificial reefing opportunities with appropriate en-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | tities for any naval vessel planned for retirement before 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | initiating any plans to dispose of the vessel. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) R |
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| 39 | 39 | | EPORT.—Not later than 90 days before the re-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tirement from the Naval Vessel Register of any naval ves-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | sel that is a viable candidate for artificial reefing, the Sec-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | retary of the Navy shall notify Congress of the pending 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | retirement of such vessel. 14 |
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