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PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-491 (K) PROTECTOR. (L) LAUDERDALE. (N) PVT. FRED C. MURPHY. (M) BEAUJOLAES. (O)MEACHAM. (P) NEACO. (Q) WABASH. (R) NEMASKET. (S)MIRFAK. (T) GEN. ALEX M. PATCH. (U) ARTHUR M. HUDDELL. (V) WASHINGTON. (W) SUFFOLK COUNTY. (X) CRANDALL. (Y) CRILLEY. (Z) RIGEL. (AA) VEGA. (BB) COMPASS ISLAND. (CO EXPORT CHALLENGER. (DD) PRESERVER. (EE) MARINE FIDDLER. (FF) WOOD COUNTY. (GG) CATAWBA VICTORY. (HH) GEN. NELSON M. WALKER. (II) LORAIN COUNTY. (JJ) LYNCH. (KK) MISSION SANTA YNEZ. (LL) CALOOSAHATCHEE. (MM) CANISTEO. (2) PRIORITIZATION.— The Secretary shall exercise discretion to prioritize for scrapping those vessels identified in paragraph (1) that pose the most immediate threat to the environment. (d) SCRAPPING PROGRAM FOR OBSOLETE NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET VESSELS.— (1) DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM; REPORT.— The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act— (A) develop a program for the scrapping of obsolete National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels; and (B) submit a report on the program to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall include information concerning the initial determination of scrapping capacity, both domestically and abroad, appropriate proposed regulations to implement the program, funding and staffing requirements, milestone dates for the disposal of each obsolete vessel, and longterm cost estimates for the program. (3) ALTERNATIVES.— In developing the program, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary