NOTIFICATION ON MANNING OF AFLOAT NAVAL FORCES: MODIFICATIONS; CODIFICATION.

SEC. 592. NOTIFICATION ON MANNING OF AFLOAT NAVAL FORCES: MODIFICATIONS; CODIFICATION. (a) Repeals.— (1) Sunset.—Subsection (e) of section 597 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 8013 note) is repealed. (2) Obsolete provision.—Subsection (f) of such section is repealed. (b) Definitions: Addition; Clerical Improvements.—Subsection (d) of such section— (1) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as paragraphs (3), (2), and (1), respectively; (B) by striking the heading of each such paragraph; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(4) The term ‘surface combatant vessel’ means any littoral combat ship (including the LCS-1 and LCS-2 classes), frigate (including the FFG-62 class), destroyer (excluding the DDG-1000 class), or cruiser (including the CG-47 class).” ; and (2) is redesignated as subsection (e). (c) Establishment of Certain Crewing Requirement.—Such section is amended by inserting, after subsection (c), the following new subsection (d): “(d) Crewing of a Surface Combatant Vessel: Prohibition; Exception.—(1) Beginning on October 1, 2025, the Secretary of the Navy may not assign more than one crew to a covered ship that is a surface combatant vessel if any surface combatant vessel was included in a notification under subsection (a) during the 12 months preceding such assignment. “(2) The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a littoral combat ship configured to conduct mine countermeasures if the Secretary of the Navy submits to the congressional defense committees a certification and detailed explanation that such ship is unable to meet operational requirements regarding mine countermeasures, determined by the commander of a combatant command concerned, with only one crew.” . (d) Codification.— (1) [10 U.S.C. 8013note] In general.—Such section, as amended by this section, is transferred to chapter 825 of title 10, United States Code, inserted after section 8226, and redesignated as section 8227. (2) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding, after the item relating to section 8226, the following new item: “8227. Notifications on manning of afloat naval forces.” .