Sec. 1018. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF MARK VI PATROL BOATS

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## SEC. 1018 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF MARK VI PATROL BOATS ###

(a)Prohibition None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2022 for the Navy may be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage any Mark VI patrol boat. ###

(b)Report Not later than February 15, 2022, the Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes each of the following: ####

(1)The rationale for the retirement of existing Mark VI patrol boats, including an operational analysis of the effect of such retirements on the warfighting requirements of the commanders of each of the combatant commands. ####

(2)A review of how the Fifth Fleet requirements, which are currently being met by Mark VI patrol boats, will continue to be met without such boats, including an evaluation of the cumulative effect of eliminating Mark VI patrol boats in addition to other recent reductions in Navy riverine force structure, such as riverine command boats, in the theater. ####

(3)An update on the implementation of the corrective actions and lessons learned from the Navy’s investigation of the January 12, 2016, incident in which 10 United States sailors were detained by Iranian forces near Farsi Island, the extent to which retiring existing Mark VI patrol boats will affect such implementation, and how such implementation will be sustained in the absence of Mark VI patrol boats. ####

(4)A review of operating concepts for escorting high value units without Mark VI patrol boats. ####

(5)A description of the manner and concept of operations in which the Marine Corps could use Mark VI patrol boats to support distributed maritime operations, advanced expeditionary basing operations, and persistent presence near maritime choke points and strategic littorals in the Indo-Pacific region. ####

(6)An assessment of the potential for modification, and the associated costs, of the Mark VI patrol boat for the inclusion of loitering munitions or anti-ship cruise missiles, such as the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile and the Naval Strike Missile, particularly to support the concept of operations described in paragraph (5). ####

(7)A description of resources required for the Marine Corps to possess, man, train, and maintain Mark VI patrol boats in the performance of the concept of operations described in paragraph

(5)and modifications described in paragraph (6). ####

(8)A determination of whether the Marine Corps should take possession of the Mark VI patrol boats effective on or before September 30, 2022. ####

(9)Such other matters the Secretary determines appropriate.