Sec. 323. LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF OVERSEAS FORWARD DEPLOYMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS
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## SEC. 323 LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF OVERSEAS FORWARD DEPLOYMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS ###
(a)Limitation ####
(1)In general Chapter 633 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: > > ## “SEC. 7320 Limitation on length of overseas forward deployment of naval vessel > > **[**[10 U.S.C. 7320](/us/usc/t10/s7320)**]** > > > ### “(a) Limitation > > The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that no naval vessel specified in subsection
(b)that is listed in the Naval Vessel Register is forward deployed overseas for a period in excess of ten years. At the end of a period of overseas forward deployment, the vessel shall be assigned a homeport in the United States. > > > ### “(b) Vessels Specified > > A naval vessel specified in this subsection is any of the following: > > > #### “(1) > > Aircraft carrier. > > > #### “(2) > > Amphibious ship. > > > #### “(3) > > Cruiser. > > > #### “(4) > > Destroyer. > > > #### “(5) > > Frigate. > > > #### “(6) > > Littoral Combat Ship. > > > ### “(c) Waiver > > The Secretary of the Navy may waive the limitation under subsection
(a)with respect to a naval vessel if the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees notice in writing of— > > > #### “(1) > > the waiver of such limitation with respect to the vessel; > > > #### “(2) > > the date on which the period of overseas forward deployment of the vessel is expected to end; and > > > #### “(3) > > the factors used by the Secretary to determine that a longer period of deployment would promote the national defense or be in the public interest.” > . ####
(2)Clerical amendment **[**[10 U.S.C. 7291](/us/usc/t10/s7291)**]** The table of sections at the beginning of such chapteris amended by adding at the end the following new section:" “7320. Limitation on length of overseas forward deployment of naval vessels.” ". ###
(b)Treatment of Currently Deployed Vessels **[**[10 U.S.C. 7320 note](/us/usc/t10/s7320)**]** In the case of any aircraft carrier, amphibious ship, cruiser, destroyer, frigate, or littoral combat ship that has been forward deployed overseas for a period in excess of ten years as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that such vessel is assigned a homeport in the United States by not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act. ###
(c)Extension of Limitation on Length of Overseas Forward Deployment for U.S.S. Shiloh (CG–67) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the U.S.S. Shiloh (CG–67) is assigned a homeport in the United States by not later than September 30, 2023. ###
(d)Congressional Briefing Not later than October 1, 2020, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on the plan of the Secretary for the rotation of forward deployed naval vessels.
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LIMITATION ON LENGTH OF OVERSEAS FORWARD DEPLOYMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS
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