NAVY WATCHSTANDER RECORDS.

SEC. 526. [10 U.S.C. 8013 note] NAVY WATCHSTANDER RECORDS. (a) In General.—The Secretary of the Navy shall require that, commencing not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, key watchstanders on Navy surface ships shall maintain a career record of watchstanding hours and specific operational evolutions. (b) Key Watchstander Defined.—In this section, the term “key watchstander” means each of the following: (1) Officer of the Deck. (2) Engineering Officer of the Watch. (3) Conning Officer or Piloting Officer. (4) Any other officer specified by the Secretary for purposes of this section. (c) Briefings of Congress.— (1) Initial briefing.—Not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the plan of the Secretary for the maintenance of watchstander records, including updates to policy documents. (2) Update briefings.—Not later than one year after the briefing pursuant to paragraph (1), and annually thereafter for the next two years, the Secretary shall provide to the committees of Congress referred to in that paragraph an update briefing on the status of the implementation of the plan described in that paragraph.