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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 · Sec. 1019

Sec. 1019. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS OF READY RESERVE FORCE RECAPITALIZATION OPTIONS

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## SEC. 1019 BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS OF READY RESERVE FORCE RECAPITALIZATION OPTIONS ###
(a)Business Case Analysis Required Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Maritime Administration and the Commander of United States Transportation Command, submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a business case analysis of recapitalization options for the Ready Reserve Force. ###
(b)Elements The business case analysis required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: ####
(1)Each sealift capability area, and the associated capacity, for which Ready Reserve Force vessels are required to be recapitalized through fiscal year 2048. ####
(2)The categories of vessels being considered in each area specified pursuant to paragraph (1), including the following: #####
(A)United States purpose-built vessels (such as Common Hull Auxiliary Multi-mission Platform). #####
(B)United States non-purpose built vessels (such as vessels formerly engaged in Jones Act trade). #####
(C)Foreign-built vessels that participated in the Maritime Security Program. #####
(D)Foreign-built vessels that did not participate in the Maritime Security Program. #####
(E)Foreign-designed, United States-built vessels. ####
(3)For each category of vessel specified pursuant to paragraph (2), the following: #####
(A)Anticipated availability of vessels within such category in the timeframe needed to meet United States Transportation Command sealift requirements. #####
(B)Anticipated purchase price, if applicable. #####
(C)Anticipated cost and scope of modernization. #####
(D)Anticipated duration of modernization period. #####
(E)Anticipated service life as a Ready Reserve Force vessel. #####
(F)Anticipated military utility. #####
(G)Ability of one such vessel to replace more than one existing Ready Reserve Force vessel. ####
(4)A cost-benefit determination on the mix of capabilities and vessels identified pursuant to paragraphs
(1)through
(3)that could ensure United States Transportation Command sealift requirements are met through fiscal year 2048, which determination shall include a comparison of the useful service life of each category of vessels specified pursuant to paragraph
(2)with the costs of such category of vessels.
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