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Navy/USMC

Senate Bill Would Limit Navy Funds Until Shipbuilding Plan Accounts For 31 Amphibs

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

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Senate Bill Would Limit Navy Funds Until Shipbuilding Plan Accounts For 31 Amphibs

Artist rendering of the first Flight II San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, LPD-30. (Image: HII)

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) final fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill includes a provision that would restrict Navy funds until it submits a new shipbuilding plan accounting for maintaining 31 amphibious ships. The bill specifically would limit obligating or expending 50 percent of the FY ‘24 Navy Administration and Service- wide Activities, Operation and Maintenance account until the Secretary of the Navy submits a new 30-year shipbuilding plan that meets the statutory requirement to maintain 31 amphibious ships.…

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