Number: RL32418
Title: Navy Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress
Authors: Ronald O'Rourke, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: As part of its action on the Navy's FY2008 shipbuilding budget, Congress added $588 million in advance procurement funding for an additional Virginia class submarine to be procured in a year prior to FY2012. The Navy, as part of its proposed FY2009 budget, included this additional submarine in its shipbuilding plan and scheduled it to be fully funded in FY2011, thus accelerating from FY2012 to FY2011 the year in which the Virginia-class procurement rate is to shift from one boat per year to two boats per year. Section 122 of the compromise version of the FY2009 defense authorization bill (S. 3001) modifies the authority to use an MYP arrangement for Virginia-class boats to be procured in FY2009-FY2013 that was granted to the Secretary of the Navy by Section 121 of FY2008 defense authorization act (H.R. 1585/P.L. 110-181 of January 28, 2008) so as to additionally permit the Secretary enter into one or more contracts for advance procurement and advance construction of components for the boats procured under that MYP arrangement. Section 8011 of the compromise version of the FY2009 defense appropriations act (Division C of H.R. 2368/P.L. 110-329 of September 30, 2008) grants authority for using FY2009 funds for an MYP arrangement for the Virginia-class program. The act approves the Navy's FY2009 procurement funding request for the Virginiaclass program, and increases by $79 million the Navy's FY2009 advance procurement funding request for the program. The $79-million increase is for "Economic Order Quantity."
Pages: 31
Date: October 1, 2008