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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 386 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of the Navy to notify Congress of pending action |
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| 6 | 6 | | to strike from the Naval Vessel Register any naval vessel that is a |
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| 7 | 7 | | viable candidate for artificial reefing, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY9, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. R |
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| 11 | 11 | | UBIOintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 12 | 12 | | to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Secretary of the Navy to notify Congress |
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| 15 | 15 | | of pending action to strike from the Naval Vessel Reg- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ister any naval vessel that is a viable candidate for |
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| 17 | 17 | | artificial reefing, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Re-using Equipment 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | for Environmental Fortification Act of 2023’’ or the 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ‘‘REEF Act of 2023’’. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Feb 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S386.IS S386 |
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| 25 | 25 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 386 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF PENDING AC-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | TION TO STRIKE FROM THE NAVAL VESSEL 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | REGISTER NAVAL VESSELS THAT ARE VIABLE 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | CANDIDATES FOR ARTIFICIAL REEFING. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) S |
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| 32 | 32 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | gress that the Secretary of the Navy should explore and 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | solicit artificial reefing opportunities with appropriate en-7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | tities for any naval vessel planned for retirement before 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | initiating any plans to dispose of the vessel. 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) N |
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| 38 | 38 | | OTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days before 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the date on which a naval vessel that is a viable candidate 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | for artificial reefing is to be stricken from the Naval Vessel 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Register, the Secretary of the Navy shall notify Congress 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of such pending action. 14 |
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