navy shipbuilding policy

navy shipbuilding policy Sec. 810. (a) It is the policy of the United States to modernize the combatant forces of the United States Navy through the construction of advanced, versatile, survivable, and cost-effective combatant ships in sufficient numbers and having sufficient combat effectiveness to defend the United States against enemy attack and to carry out such other missions as may be assigned to the Navy by law. In order to achieve such policy, the Navy should develop plans and programs for the construction and deployment of weapon systems, including naval aviation platforms, that are more survivable, less costly, and more effective than those presently in the Navy. (b) In order that the Congress may be kept currently informed regarding compliance with the policy expressed in subsection (a), the President shall include in all requests made to the Congress for the authorization of any ship for the combatant forces, including any aircraft carrier, (1) his conclusions with respect to the survivability, cost effectiveness, and combat effectiveness of such ship, (2) a recommendation whether such ship should be nuclear or conventionally powered, and (3) the reasons for such conclusions and recommendations. (c) Title VIII of the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1975 (88 Stat. 408), is repealed.