Sec. 346. Limitation on availability of funds pending quarterly briefing on availability of amphibious warships
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Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for Administration and Servicewide Activities, Operation and Maintenance, Navy, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended until a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of the Navy provides the first briefing required under subsection (b). Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and once every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2026, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the operational status of the amphibious warship fleet of the Armed Forces.
Each briefing under paragraph
(1)shall include, with respect to each amphibious warship, the following: The average operational availability of the amphibious warship during the 90-day period preceding the date of the briefing. The number of days the amphibious warship was underway during such period for the following purposes (disaggregated by purpose): Training for the purpose of supporting mission essential tasks of the Marine Corps, including— unit-level well-deck or flight-deck operations training of the Marine Corps; and integrated training for Amphibious Ready Groups and Marine Expeditionary Unit. Deployment (not inclusive of scheduled or unscheduled in-port maintenance). The expected completion date for any maintenance for the amphibious warship that is in progress as of the date of the briefing, including scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. An update on any delays in the completion of such scheduled or unscheduled maintenance, and on any casualty reports, of the amphibious warship, affecting— scheduled unit-level well-deck or flight-deck operations training of the Marine Corps; scheduled mission essential task certifications of the Marine Corps, including with respect to mobility, communications, amphibious well-deck operations, aviation operations, and warfare training; or the composition, or deployment dates, of Amphibious Ready Group-Marine Expeditionary Units that are deployed or scheduled to be deployed. In this section: The term amphibious warship means a ship that is included in the battle force inventory of the Department of the Navy in accordance with the instruction from the Secretary of the Navy published on June 28, 2022, titled General Guidance for the Classification of Naval Vessels and Battle Force Ship Counting Procedures (SECNAVINST 5030.8), or any successor instruction, and is classified pursuant to such instruction as— a general purpose amphibious assault ship; a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship; an amphibious transport dock; or a dock landing ship. The term Amphibious Ready Group-Marine Expeditionary Unit includes a minimum of three amphibious warships, of which— one is a general purpose amphibious assault ship or a multi-purpose amphibious assault ship; and at least one is an amphibious transport dock in the Flight I generation.