REPORT ON NAVAL VESSEL FORCE STRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 1013. REPORT ON NAVAL VESSEL FORCE STRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS. (a) Requirement.—Not later than February 1, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on naval vessel force structure requirements. (b) Matters to be Included.—The report shall include the following: (1) A statement of the naval vessel force structure required to carry out the National Military Strategy, including that structure required to meet joint and combined warfighting requirements and missions relating to crisis response, overseas presence, and support to contingency operations. (2) A statement of the naval vessel force structure that is supported and funded in the President’s budget for fiscal year 2001 and in the current future-years defense program. (3) A detailed long-range shipbuilding plan for the Department, through fiscal year 2030, that includes annual quantities of each type of vessel to be procured. (4) A statement of the annual funding necessary to procure eight to ten vessels, of the appropriate types, each year beginning in fiscal year 2001 and extending through 2020 to maintain the naval vessel force structure required by the national military strategy. (5) A detailed discussion of the risks associated with any deviation from the long-range shipbuilding plan required in paragraph (3), to include the implications of such a deviation for the following areas: (A) Warfighting requirements. (B) Crisis response and overseas presence missions.113 STAT. 741 (C) Contingency operations. (D) Domestic shipbuilding industrial base.