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Modification to test program for engineering plant of certain vessels

Division A · Title II: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION · Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations

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The section updates a previous law to expand a test program for the engineering systems of certain naval ships to include other large surface combatant vessels beyond just destroyers. It changes references to apply the program to the relevant class of ships and clarifies the role of the senior technical authority overseeing the program. It also defines the term "delivery date" as used in the program.

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Section Text · Sec. 218.
(1)

in the section heading, by inserting and other large surface combatant before vessels ;

(2)

in subsection (a), by inserting or any subsequent class of large surface combatant vessels after destroyer class of vessels ;

(3)

in subsection (b), by striking Senior Technical Authority for the DDG(X) destroyer class of vessels and inserting Senior Technical Authority for the class of vessels involved (as designated pursuant to section 8669b of title 10, United States Code) ;

(4)

in subsection (d), by striking for the DDG(X) destroyer class of vessels and inserting for the class of vessels involved ;

(5)

in subsection (e), by striking by not later than the delivery date of the lead ship in the DDG(X) destroyer class of vessels and inserting for a class of vessels by not later than the delivery date of the lead ship in that class of vessels ; and

(6)

by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) Delivery date defined

In this section, term delivery date has the meaning given that term in section 8671 of title 10, United States Code.