10 U.S.C. § 8690
Sections in this chapter
- § 8661
- § 8662
- § 8663
- § 8664
- § 8667
- § 8669
- § 8669b
- § 8669a
- § 8669c
- § 8670
- § 8671
- § 8673
- § 8674
- § 8675
- § 8675a
- § 8676
- § 8676a
- § 8676b
- § 8677
- § 8678
- § 8678a
- § 8679
- § 8679a
- § 8680
- § 8681
- § 8682
- § 8683
- § 8684
- § 8684a
- § 8685
- § 8686
- § 8687
- § 8688
- § 8688a
- § 8689
- § 8690
- § 8691
- § 8692
- § 8693
- § 8694
- § 8695
- § 8696
- § 8697
- § 8698
§ 8690. Limitation on length of overseas forward deployment of naval vessels
- (a) The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that no naval vessel specified in subsection (b) that is listed in the Naval Vessel Register is forward deployed overseas for a period in excess of ten years. At the end of a period of overseas forward deployment, the vessel shall be assigned a homeport in the United States.
- (b) A naval vessel specified in this subsection is any of the following:
- (1) Aircraft carrier.
- (2) Amphibious ship.
- (3) Cruiser.
- (4) Destroyer.
- (5) Frigate.
- (6) Littoral Combat Ship.
- (c) The Secretary of the Navy may waive the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to a naval vessel if the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees notice in writing of—
- (1) the waiver of such limitation with respect to the vessel;
- (2) the date on which the period of overseas forward deployment of the vessel is expected to end; and
- (3) the factors used by the Secretary to determine that a longer period of deployment would promote the national defense or be in the public interest.
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