EAST COAST HOMEPORT FOR NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.

SEC. 1011. EAST COAST HOMEPORT FOR NUCLEAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. (a) Findings.—Congress finds that— (1) Mayport, Florida, has served well as a homeport for aircraft earners; (2) under existing carrier force structure plans, as conventionally fueled aircraft carriers are replaced by nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, there will be a requirement for a second East Coast homeport for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (in addition to the existing homeport of Norfolk, Virginia); and (3) Mayport ought to be the second East Coast homeport for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, when such additional homeport becomes needed. (b) Development of Second Homeport.—Not later than April 1, 1993, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Navy’s plan for developing a second East Coast homeport for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The report shall include a schedule, by fiscal year, for funding the development of a second homeport for nuclear-powered aircraft carriers on the East Coast of the United States. The schedule shall be consistent with the Navy’s plan to retire conventionally fueled aircraft carriers and to deploy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.