10 U.S.C. § 8691 — Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers: dismantlement and disposal

(a) In General — At least 90 days before awarding a contract, or giving a naval shipyard funds, for dismantling and disposing of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Secretary of the Navy must send Congress's defense committees a report covering: (1) a cost-and-schedule baseline approved by the Navy's service acquisition executive and the Chief of Naval Operations; and (2) a description of the rules for managing radioactive materials during the work — including, if another government entity will act as regulator, that entity's certification agreeing to the role and an explanation of its legal authority to do so. (b) Supplemental Information With Budgets — In the budget materials the Secretary of Defense sends Congress each year, the Secretary of the Navy must include information on every nuclear-carrier dismantlement happening or planned during the future-years defense program, covering, by ship: (1) a summary of activities and major developments; (2) if applicable, a detailed comparison of cost and schedule against the (a) baseline, explaining any variance; and (3) the amounts requested or expected for the work, broken out for (A) each year covered by the future-years defense program, (B) earlier years, and (C) years after that program ends. (c) Future-years Defense Program Defined — "Future-years defense program" has the meaning given in section 221.