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PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1387 (b) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. —A provision of law enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act may not be construed as modifying or superseding any provision of this section unless that provision specifically refers to such section and specifically states that such provision of law modifies or supersedes such section. SEC. 152. PRESERVATION OF DUAL-SOURCE PRODUCTION BASE FOR STANDARD MISSILE II The Secretary of the Navy shall carry out the fiscal year 1990 acquisition for the Standard Missile II so as to preserve the existing dual-source production base for that missile. SEC. 153. ANNUAL REPORT ON NAVY AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS (a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT. —(1) Chapter 635 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 7345. Navy aircraft requirements: annual report "(a) Not later than September 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives a report addressing the current and projected aircraft requirements of the Navy and the plans of the Navy for aircraft acquisition and modernization. ' 0)) Each such report shall cover at least the next 10 years and shall specify the following: '(1) The number of aircraft, by type, required to fully equip the current and projected force structure of the Navy and the Marine Corps. "(2) The current and projected inventory of each type of aircraft. "(3) The current average age of (A) all Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, (B) all Navy and Marine Corps combat aircraft, and iO all carrier-based combat aircraft. "(4) A list of planned and programmed aircraft acquisition programs and major aircraft modernization programs, specify- ing (A) the approximate numbers of aircraft involved in each program, (B) the estimated fiscal year in which each program will begin and end, and (C) the estimated total cost for each program.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "7345. Navy aircraft requirements: annual report.". (b) INITIAL REPORT.— Not later than February 1, 1990, the Sec- 10 USC 7345 retary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense note. committees a report containing the information specified in section 7345 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). SEC. 154. FAST SEALIFT SHIP PROGRAM (a) PROGRAM.— The Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish a fast sealift ship program. Q}) REPORT.— The Secretary of the Navy may not obligate funds for procurement of ships for the fast sealift ship program until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a comprehensive report on the design characteristics for those ships. The report shall describe in detail the multimission capability of the