§8691 Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carriers: Dismantlement and Disposal

Summary

At least 90 days before the Navy awards a contract or gives funds to dismantle a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Secretary of the Navy must send a report to the congressional defense committees. The report must include an approved cost and schedule plan and explain how radioactive materials will be handled. If another government agency will act as the regulator, the report must include that agency’s written agreement and the legal reason it can serve in that role. When the President’s budget goes to Congress, the Navy must include information on every carrier dismantlement planned or happening during the future-years defense program. For each ship, the Navy must summarize progress, compare costs and schedule to the approved plan and explain any differences, and list the money requested or expected for each fiscal year before, during, and after the program. "Future-years defense program" means the program required by section 221 of this title.