§ 8691. Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers: dismantlement and disposal

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(a)In General.— Not less than 90 days before the award of a contract for the dismantlement and disposal of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, or the provision of funds to a naval shipyard for the dismantlement and disposal of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the following:

(1)A cost and schedule baseline for the dismantlement and disposal approved by the service acquisition executive of the Department of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations.

(2)A description of the regulatory framework applicable to the management of radioactive materials in connection with the dismantlement and disposal, including, in cases in which the Navy intends to have another government entity serve as the regulatory enforcement authority—

(A)a certification from that entity of its agreement to serve as the regulatory enforcement authority; and

(B)a description of the legal basis for the authority of that entity to serve as the regulatory enforcement authority.

(b)Supplemental Information With Budgets.— In the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget of the President for a fiscal year (as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31), the Secretary of the Navy shall include information on each dismantlement and disposal of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier occurring or planned to occur during the period of the future-years defense program submitted to Congress with that budget. Such information shall include, by ship concerned, the following:

(1)A summary of activities and significant developments in connection with such dismantlement and disposal.

(2)If applicable, a detailed description of cost and schedule performance against the baseline for such dismantlement and disposal established pursuant to subsection (a), including a description of and explanation for any variance from such baseline.

(3)A description of the amounts requested, or intended or estimated to be requested, for such dismantlement and disposal for each of the following:

(A)Each fiscal year covered by the future-years defense program.

(B)Any fiscal years before the fiscal years covered by the future-years defense program.

(C)Any fiscal years after the end of the period of the future-years defense program.

(c)Future-years Defense Program Defined.— In this section, the term “future-years defense program” means the future-years defense program required by section 221 of this title.

(Added § 7321 and renumbered § 8691, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), title X, § 1016(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, 1950.)

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