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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Dec 15, 2010
Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 relating to the Navy's littoral combat ship program to: (1) increase from 10 to 20 the number of such ships authorized to be procured, including any ship control and weapons systems that the Secretary of the Navy determines necessary for such ships; (2) allow one or more contracts to be entered into for such procurement; and (3) require the government to be permitted to conduct a competition for an additional shipyard for ship construction, to build a design specification for that ship.
People & committees
Rep. Taylor, Gene [D-MS-4] · D–MS
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8359)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8359)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6494.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8359-8362)
Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces.
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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