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FY2027 Topic

Destroyer & Shipbuilding

TL;DR

Destroyer & Shipbuilding in the FY2027 NDAA: 31 tagged sections covering destroyer, DDG, Arleigh Burke, shipbuilding.

Sections

Sec. 122 — Title I
Authority to use incremental funding for long lead-time components for Virginia class submarines

Section 126 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 139 Stat. 755) is amended—(1)by…

Sec. 123 — Title I
Multiyear procurement authority for Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers

Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear contracts for the…

Sec. 125 — Title I
Procurement authorities for certain amphibious shipbuilding programs

Contract authority(1)Procurement authorizedThe Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of covered…

Sec. 126 — Title I
Contract authority for submarine tender program

The Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of not more than two AS(X) submarine tenders.(b)Use of…

Sec. 128 — Title I
Authority to use incremental funding for the construction of a Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)

Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Navy for Shipbuilding and Conversion for fiscal year…

Sec. 218 — Title II
Modification to test program for engineering plant of certain vessels

Section 221 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117—81; 135 Stat. 1599) is amended—(1)in the…

Sec. 255 — Title II
Sonobuoy modernization, testing, and inventory sufficiency for two simultaneous regional conflicts

Strategy and inventory requirement(1)In generalNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the…

Sec. 1014 — Title X
Amphibious fleet force structure

It is the sense of Congress that—(1)the requirement of the Navy and Marine Corps to develop and consistently project three amphibious…

Sec. 1016 — Title X
Additional measures for Navy strategy for investment in and support for the maritime industrial base

Section 1019 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 139 Stat. 1032; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note) is…

Sec. 1017 — Title X
Inclusion of Navy surface combat ship maintenance as a separate line item in operation and maintenance budget

The budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2028 and each…

Sec. 1021 — Title X
Requirements relating to unmanned surface vessels

The Secretary of the Navy may not accept or take delivery of an unmanned surface vessel before the date on which the Secretary submits to…

Sec. 1022 — Title X
Enhancement of Navy submarine rescue capabilities

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, in order to ensure operational readiness in the event of a prolonged…

Sec. 1023 — Title X
Navy–Coast Guard maritime workforce and capacity coordination plan

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall…

Sec. 1024 — Title X
Pilot program on use of additive and advanced manufacturing to support naval shipbuilding

The Secretary of the Navy shall conduct a pilot program through which the Secretary shall expand the use of additive manufacturing and…

Sec. 1025 — Title X
Limitation on use of funds for procurement of a battle force ship

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Navy may be obligated or…

Sec. 1026 — Title X
Strategy for distributed shipbuilding

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop and implement a strategy to…

Sec. 1033 — Title X
Sense of Congress regarding naming of a naval vessel in honor of Casimir Pulaski

Congress makes the following findings:(1)Casimir Pulaski volunteered to support the cause of American independence during the American…

Sec. 1119 — Title XI
Demonstration project relating to pay and personnel policies for employees at Naval shipyards, Navy regional maintenance centers, and Navy trident refit facilities

The Secretary of Defense, through the Secretary of the Navy, is authorized to carry out a demonstration project, the purpose of which is…

Sec. 1241 — Title XII
Sense of Congress on defense alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should continue efforts that strengthen United States defense alliances and…

Sec. 1245 — Title XII
Extension and modification of annual report on military and security developments involving the People’s Republic of China

Section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— (1)in subsection (a), by…

Sec. 1831 — Title XVIII
Clarification of eligible uses of Defense Industrial Base Fund

Section 4817(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 867 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026…

Sec. 1837 — Title XVIII
Enhanced domestic content requirement for shipbuilding programs

Section 835(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 118—31; 137 Stat. 338; 10 U.S.C. note prec…

Sec. 1867 — Title XVIII
Briefing and report on Defense industrial base chokepoints and organic industrial base modernization

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall…

Sec. 2201 — Title XXII
Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects

Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2203(a) and available for military construction…

Sec. 2205 — Title XXII
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2024 projects

Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118—31; 137…

Sec. 2404 — Title XXIV
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 projects

Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117—263; 136…

Sec. 2405 — Title XXIV
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2024 projects

Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (division B of Public Law 118—31; 137…

Sec. 3525 — Title XXXV
Assistance for small shipyards

Section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (c)(1)—(A)in subparagraph (A) by inserting , including through…

Sec. 3531 — Title XXXV
Enhancing United States shipyards and shipbuilding

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees…

Sec. 3603 — Title XXXVI
Assessment of the use of commercial best practices for Navy shipbuilding

Assessment(1)In generalThe Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the Department…

Sec. 4601 — Title XLVI
Military construction

SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION(In Thousands of Dollars)AccountState/Country and InstallationProject TitleFY 2027 RequestHouse…

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