Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 124.djvu/4375

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124 STAT. 4349 PUBLIC LAW 111–383—JAN. 7, 2011 wounded and dying during the Vietnam conflict. For his dedi- cated service, Father Capodanno was also awarded the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Presidential Unit Citation, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. (8) In his memory, the U.S.S. Capodanno was commissioned on September 17, 1973. It is the only Naval vessel to date to have received a Papal blessing by Pope John Paul II in Naples, Italy, on September 4, 1981. (9) The U.S.S. Capodanno was decommissioned on July 30, 1993. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name a combat vessel of the United States Navy the ‘‘U.S.S. Father Vincent Capodanno’’, in honor of Father Vincent Capodanno, a lieutenant in the Navy Chaplain Corps. SEC. 1023. REQUIREMENTS FOR LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR CONSTRUC - TION OF NAVAL VESSELS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 231 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘§ 231. Long-range plan for construction of naval vessels ‘‘(a) QUADRENNIAL NAVAL VESSEL CONSTRUCTION PLAN.—At the same time that the budget of the President is submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31 during each year in which the Secretary of Defense submits a quadrennial defense review, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a long-range plan for the construction of combatant and support vessels for the Navy that supports the force structure recommenda- tions of the quadrennial defense review. ‘‘(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The plan under subsection (a) shall include the following: ‘‘(1) A detailed construction schedule of naval vessels for the 10-year period beginning on the date on which the plan is submitted, including a certification by the Secretary that the budget for the fiscal year in which the plan is submitted and the budget for the future-years defense program submitted under section 221 of this title are sufficient for funding such schedule. ‘‘(2) A probable construction schedule for the 10-year period beginning on the date that is 10 years after the date on which the plan is submitted. ‘‘(3) A notional construction schedule for the 10-year period beginning on the date that is 20 years after the date on which the plan is submitted. ‘‘(4) The estimated levels of annual funding necessary to carry out the construction schedules under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). ‘‘(5) For the construction schedules under paragraphs (1) and (2)— ‘‘(A) a determination by the Director of Cost Assess- ment and Program Evaluation of the level of funding nec- essary to execute such schedules; and ‘‘(B) an evaluation by the Director of the potential risk associated with such schedules, including detailed