LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO RETIRE OR DECOMMISSION OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS OF THE NAVY.

SEC. 1018. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO RETIRE OR DECOMMISSION OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS OF THE NAVY. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2026 may be obligated or expended to retire or decommission, prepare to retire or decommission, or place in storage, any oceanographic research vessel of the Navy unless the Secretary of the Navy has identified and acquired a suitable replacement vessel for conducting the research that has been conducted by the vessel selected for retirement or decommissioning.