110 STAT. 2636
PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996
Subtitle B—Naval Vessels and Shipyards
SEC. 1021. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR CONTINUOUS APPLICABIL-
ITY OF CONTRACTS FOR PHASED MAINTENANCE OF AE
CLASS SHIPS.
Section 1016 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 425) is repealed.
SEC. 1022. FUNDING FOR SECOND AND THIRD MARITIME
PREPOSrriONING SHIPS OUT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE SEA-
LIFT FUND.
(a) NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. — To the extent provided
in appropriations Acts, funds in the National Defense Sealift Fund
may be obligated and expended for the purchase and conversion,
or construction, of a total of three ships for the purpose of enhancing
Marine Corps prepositioning ship squadrons.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the amount
authorized to be appropriated under section 302(2), $240,000,000
is authorized to be appropriated for the purpose stated in subsection
(a).
Wisconsin.
SEC. 1023. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE TUGBOATS OF THE
NAVY.
(a) REQUIREMENT TO TRANSFER VESSELS. —The Secretary of
the Navy shall transfer the six obsolete tugboats of the Navy
specified in subsection (b) to the Northeast Wisconsin • Railroad
Transportation Commission, an instrumentality of the State of
Wisconsin, if the Secretary determines that the tugboats are not
needed for transfer, donation, or other disposal under title II of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40
U.S.C. 481 et seq.).
(b) VESSELS COVERED.— The requirement in subsection (a)
applies to the six decommissioned Cherokee class tugboats, listed
as of the date of the enactment of this Act as being surplus to
the Navy, that are designated as ATF-105, ATF-110, ATF-149,
ATF-158, ATF-159, and ATF-160.
(c) CONDITION RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.—
The Secretary shall require as a condition of the transfer of a
vessel under subsection (a) that use of the vessel by the Commission
not commence until the terms of any necessary environmental
compliance letter or agreement with respect to that vessel have
been complied with.
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may
require such additional terms and conditions (including a requirement that the transfer be at no cost to the Government) in connection with the transfers required by subsection (a) as the Secretary
considers appropriate.
SEC. 1024. TRANSFER OF U.S.S. DRUM TO CITY OF VALLEJO,
CALIFORNIA.
(a) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer the
U.S.S. Drum (SSN-677) to the city of Vallejo, California, in accordance with this section and upon satisfactory completion of a ship
donation application. Before making such transfer, the Secretary
of the Navy shall remove from the vessel the reactor compartment
and other classified and sensitive military equipment.
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