USE OF NATIONAL SEA-BASED DETERRENCE FUND FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN CRITICAL COMPONENTS.

SEC. 1022. USE OF NATIONAL SEA-BASED DETERRENCE FUND FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN CRITICAL COMPONENTS. (a) In General.—Subsection (i) of section 2218a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “the common missile compartment” each place it appears and inserting “critical components”; and (2) in paragraph (1), by striking “critical parts, components, systems, and subsystems” and inserting “critical components”. (b) Definition of Critical Component.—Subsection (k) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) The term ‘critical component’ means any of the following: “(A) A common missile compartment component. “(B) A spherical air flask. “(C) An air induction diesel exhaust valve. “(D) An auxiliary seawater valve. “(E) A hovering valve. “(F) A missile compensation valve. “(G) A main seawater valve. “(H) A launch tube. “(I) A trash disposal unit. “(J) A logistics escape trunk. “(K) A torpedo tube. “(L) A weapons shipping cradle weldment. “(M) A control surface. “(N) A launcher component. “(O) A propulsor.” . (c) Clerical Amendment.—The subsection heading for subsection (i) of such section is amended by striking “of the Common Missile Compartment”.