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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 8070 (Received in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1020

Sec. 1020. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of guided missile cruisers

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None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended retire, prepare to retire, inactivate, or place in storage— the USS Shilo (CG 67); the USS Lake Erie (CG 70); or more than two other guided missile cruisers.
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