REEF Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 950 To direct the Secretary of the Navy to notify Congress of the pending retirement of any naval vessel that is a viable candidate for artificial reefing, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 9, 2023 Ms. SALAZAR (for herself, Mr. CASE, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. WALTZ, and Mrs. CAMMACK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Navy to notify Congress of the pending retirement of any naval vessel that is a viable candidate for artificial reefing, and for other pur- poses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Re-using Equipment 4 for Environmental Fortification Act’’ or the ‘‘REEF Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 Mar 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H950.IH H950 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 950 IH SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF PENDING RE- 1 TIREMENTS OF NAVAL VESSELS THAT ARE 2 VIABLE CANDIDATES FOR ARTIFICIAL 3 REEFING. 4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con- 5 gress that the Secretary of the Navy should explore and 6 solicit artificial reefing opportunities with appropriate en- 7 tities for any naval vessel planned for retirement before 8 initiating any plans to dispose of the vessel. 9 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days before the re- 10 tirement from the Naval Vessel Register of any naval ves- 11 sel that is a viable candidate for artificial reefing, the Sec- 12 retary of the Navy shall notify Congress of the pending 13 retirement of such vessel. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 Mar 07, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H950.IH H950 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS