Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60

§8694 Annual Report on Ship Maintenance

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 863— NAVAL VESSELS › § 8694

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy must send a report by October 15 each year to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. The report must list all ship maintenance planned for the coming fiscal year by ship (hull), give the estimated cost, summarize maintenance done in the prior fiscal year, and explain any maintenance that was delayed or canceled last year. For each delay or cancellation the report must say why it happened and describe effects on cost and schedule and the total operational and fiscal cost of those deferments for that fiscal year. The report must be unclassified and put on a public, searchable website. It may include a classified annex if needed.

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Title 10, §8694

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(a)Not later than October 15 of each year, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report setting forth each of the following:

(1)A description of all ship maintenance planned for the fiscal year during which the report is submitted, by hull.

(2)The estimated cost of the maintenance described pursuant to paragraph (1).

(3)A summary of all ship maintenance conducted by the Secretary during the previous fiscal year.

(4)A detailed description of any ship maintenance that was deferred during the previous fiscal year, including specific reasons for the delay or cancellation of any availability.

(5)A detailed description of the effect of each of the planned ship maintenance actions that were delayed or cancelled during the previous fiscal year, including—

(A)a summary of the effects on the costs and schedule for each delay or cancellation; and

(B)the accrued operational and fiscal cost of all the deferments over the fiscal year.

(b)Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and made publicly available on an appropriate internet website in a searchable format, but may contain a classified annex.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 8694

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60