EVALUATION OF NEW HIGH-SPEED PATROL BOAT

SEC. 253. EVALUATION OF NEW HIGH-SPEED PATROL BOAT The Secretary of the Navy is encouraged to (1) evaluate a new 80-foot reconnaissance assault and missile boat that has been designed to project power in coastal, harbor, river, and island waterways and on closed seas, and (2) consider procuring a prototype of such boat for extensive testing and evaluation. The Secretary shall submit to 101 STAT. 1066 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives any report on the evaluation of any such boat.