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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2810 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 1016

Sec. 1016. Policy of the United States on minimum number of battle force ships

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It shall be the policy of the United States to have available, as soon as practicable, not fewer than 355 battle force ships, with funding subject to the annual authorization of appropriation and the annual appropriation of funds.
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