Pub. L. 104-61, tit. VIII, sec. 8108

Sec. 8108. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to lease or charter a vessel in excess of seventeen months (inclusive of any option periods) to transport fuel or oil for the Department of Defense if the vessel was constructed after October 1, 1995 unless the Secretary of Defense requires that the vessel be constructed in the United States with a double hull under the long-term lease or charter authority provided in section 2401 note of title 10, United States Code: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to contracts in force on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That by 1997 at least 20 percent of annual leases and charters must be for ships of double hull design constructed after October 1, 1995 if available in numbers sufficient to satisfy this requirement: Provided further, That the Military Sealift Command shall plan to achieve the goal of eliminating single hull ship leases by the year 2015.