Sec. 385. Prohibition on use of funds to discontinue the Marine Mammal System program
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Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Navy may not obligate or expend funds to discontinue or prepare to discontinue, including through substantive reduction in training and operational employment, the Marine Mammal System program that has been or is currently being used for— port security at installations of the Navy, commonly known as Mark–6 systems; or mine search capabilities, commonly known as Mark–7 systems. The Secretary of the Navy may waive the prohibition under subsection
(a)if the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense, certifies to the congressional defense committees in writing that the Secretary has— identified a replacement capability and the necessary quantity of systems to carry out such capability to meet all operational requirements currently being met by the Marine Mammal System program with a detailed explanation of such capability and quantity; achieved initial operational capability of all systems described in paragraph
(1)with a detailed explanation of such achievement; and deployed a sufficient quantity of systems described in paragraph
(1)that have achieved initial operational capability to continue to meet or exceed all operational requirements currently being met by the Marine Mammal System program with a detailed explanation of such deployment.