FAST SEALIFT SHIP PROGRAM

SEC. 154. FAST SEALIFT SHIP PROGRAM (a) Program.—The Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish a fast sealift ship program. (b) Report.—The Secretary of the Navy may not obligate funds for procurement of ships for the fast sealift ship program until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a comprehensive report on the design characteristics for those ships. The report shall describe in detail the multimission capability of the 103 STAT. 1388ships and shall specify the operational concept for the use of those ships in contingencies requiring sealift and in routine fleet operations.