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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 · Sec. 1045

Sec. 1045. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF LEGACY MARITIME MINE COUNTERMEASURES PLATFORMS

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## SEC. 1045 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF LEGACY MARITIME MINE COUNTERMEASURES PLATFORMS ###
(a)Prohibitions Except as provided under subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for the Navy may be obligated or expended to— ####
(1)retire, prepare to retire, transfer, or place in storage any AVENGER-class mine countermeasures ship or associated equipment; ####
(2)retire, prepare to retire, transfer, or place in storage any SEA DRAGON (MH-53) helicopter or associated equipment; ####
(3)make any reductions to manning levels with respect to any AVENGER-class mine countermeasures ship; or ####
(4)make any reductions to manning levels with respect to any SEA DRAGON (MH-53) helicopter squadron or detachment. ###
(b)Waiver The Secretary of the Navy may waive the limitations under subsection
(a)if the Secretary certifies to the congressional defense committees that the Secretary has— ####
(1)identified a replacement capability and the necessary quantity of such systems to meet all combatant commander mine countermeasures operational requirements that are currently being met by the AVENGER-class ships and SEA DRAGON helicopters to be retired, transferred, or placed in storage; ####
(2)achieved initial operational capability of all systems described in paragraph (1); and ####
(3)deployed a sufficient quantity of systems described in paragraph
(1)that have achieved initial operational capability to continue to meet or exceed all combatant commander mine countermeasures operational requirements currently being met by the AVENGER-class ships and SEA DRAGON helicopters.
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