Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 3.djvu/690

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106 STAT. 2484 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 and centralization of control over forces assigned to the mine countermeasure mission. The report shall evaluate all facets of the mine countermeasure mission, including— (A) proposed location of vessels, helicopters, and explosive ordnance detachment units; (B) proposed command structure; (C) proposed training policies; and (D) proposed vessel procurement policies. (2) The Comptroller General shall evaluate the report submitted under paragraph (1) and, not later than 30 days after the date of the submittal of the report, submit to the congressional defense committees an evaluation of the report. (b) EVALUATION OF HOMEPORTS FOR MINE COUNTERMEASURE PROGRAM. —The report under subsection (a)(l) shall include a detailed evaluation and analvsis of the use of Ingleside, Texas, as the planned homeport for all mine warfare ships, and a comparison of various alternative homeports for mine wanare ships (including an evaluation of the use of bases on the Atlantic Coast and the Pacific Coast as homeports for such ships). (c) SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES PENDING RECEIPT OF REPORT.— The Secretary of the Navy may not take any action to relocate the functions and personnel of the Mine Warfare Command, the Fleet Mine Warfare School, the Mine Warfare Training Center, or any mine countermeasure helicopter squadron until 60 days after the later of— (1) the date of the submittal of the report required under subsection (a)(l); or (2) February 16, 1993. SEC. 1014. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN VESSELS. (a) TRANSFERS OF VESSELS TO BE USED AS TRAINING VESSELS.— The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer to the Department of Transportation the following vessels, to be assigned as training ships to Texas A&M UniversiW at Galveston, Texas, and to the Maine Maritime Academy at Castine, Maine, when those vessels are no longer required for use by the Navy: (1) The U.S.N.S. Chauvenet (T-AG^29). (2) The U.S.N.S. Harkness (T-AG^2). (b) TRANSFER OF VESSEL FOR EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES. —(1) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of section 7308 of title 10, United States Code, but subject to subsections (a) and (b) of that section, the Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary of Transportation (depending on which Secretary has jurisdiction over the vessel) may transfer the obsolete vessel Wahkiakum County (LST 1162) to the organization known as Ships for Youth and the Environment, a nonprofit corporation operating under the laws of the State of California, to be used for education and environmental purposes. (2) The Secretary making the transfer under paragraph (1) may require such terms and conditions in connection with the transfer as the Secretary considers appropriate. SEC. 1015. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH DOMESTIC SHIP REPAIR LAW. (a) REPORT REQUIRED. —The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to Congress a report describing the practice of the Department of the Navy in complying with section 7309 of title 10, United States Code, relating to restrictions on construction or repair of