Section, added [Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title X, § 1021(b)(1)], Dec. 2, 2002, [116 Stat. 2638]; amended [Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1011], Nov. 24, 2003, [117 Stat. 1589], required notice before reduction in number of combatant surface vessels.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 7296, [act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041], [70A Stat. 449], related to availability for other purposes of appropriations for construction or conversion of vessels, prior to repeal by [Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title VIII, § 824(a)(5)], Nov. 30, 1993, [107 Stat. 1707].