113 STAT. 740 PUBLIC LAW 106-65 —OCT. 5, 1999 SEC. 1012. AUTHORITY TO CONSENT TO RETRANSFER OF FORMER NAVAL VESSEL. President. (a) IN GENERAL. —Subject to subsection (b), the President may consent to the retransfer by the Government of Greece of HS Rodos (ex-USS BOWMAN COUNTY (LST 391)) to the USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc., a not-for-profit organization operating under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania. (b) CONDITIONS FOR CONSENT. —The President should not exercise the authority under subsection (a) unless the USS LST Memorial, Inc. agrees— (1) to use the vessel for public, nonprofit, museum-related purposes; (2) to comply with applicable law with respect to the vessel, including those requirements related to facilitating monitoring by the United States of, and mitigating potential environmental hazards associated with, aging vessels, and has a demonstrated financial capability to so comply; and (3) to hold the United States harmless for any claims arising from exposure to hazardous material, including asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls, after the retransfer of the vessel to the recipient, except for claims arising before the date of the transfer of the vessel to the Government of Greece or from use of the vessel by the United States after the date of the retransfer to the recipient. SEC. 1013. REPORT ON NAVAL VESSEL FORCE STRUCTURE REQUIRE- MENTS. Deadline. (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than February 1, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on naval vessel force structure requirements. (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— The report shall include the following: (1) A statement of the naval vessel force structure required to carry out the National Military Strategy, including that structure required to meet joint and combined warfighting requirements and missions relating to crisis response, overseas presence, and support to contingency operations. (2) A statement of the naval vessel force structure that is supported and funded in the President's budget for fiscal year 2001 and in the current futiu-e -years defense program. (3) A detailed long-range shipbuilding plan for the Department, through fiscal year 2030, that includes annual quantities of each type of vessel to be procured. (4) A statement of the annual funding necessary to procure eight to ten vessels, of the appropriate types, each year beginning in fiscal year 2001 and extending through 2020 to maintain the naval vessel force structure required by the national military strategy. (5) A detailed discussion of the risks associated with any deviation from the long-range shipbuilding plan required in paragraph (3), to include the implications of such a deviation for the following areas: (A) Warfighting requirements. (B) Crisis response and overseas presence missions.
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