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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4350 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 122

Sec. 122. Inclusion of basic and functional design in assessments required prior to start of construction on first ship of a shipbuilding program

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Section 124 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ( Public Law 110–181 ; 122 Stat. 28; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note) is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Concurrent with approving the start of construction of the first ship for any major shipbuilding program, the Secretary of the Navy shall and inserting The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a contract for the construction of the first ship for any major shipbuilding program until a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary ; in paragraph (1)— by striking submit and inserting submits ; and by striking and at the end; in paragraph (2)— by striking certify and inserting certifies ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: certifies to the congressional defense committees that the basic and functional design of the vessel is complete. ; and in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
The term basic and functional design , when used with respect to a vessel, means design through computer-aided models, that— fixes the hull structure of the vessel; sets the hydrodynamics of the vessel; routes all major distributive systems of the vessel, including electricity, water, and other utilities; and identifies the exact positioning of piping and other outfitting within each block of the vessel. .
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Inclusion of basic and functional design in assessments required prior to start of construction on first ship of a shipbuilding program
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