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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 863— NAVAL VESSELS · § 8690

§ 8690. Limitation on length of overseas forward deployment of naval vessels

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(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.
(Added § 7320 and renumbered § 8690, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title III, § 323(a)(1), title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1719, 1836.)
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  • 132 Stat. 1719
  • act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
  • 70A Stat. 538
  • Pub. L. 90–235, § 7(b)(1)
  • 81 Stat. 763
  • 132 Stat. 1720
  • 133 Stat. 1321
  • 134 Stat. 3538
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