December 02 2021
A proposal by the Senate Appropriations Committee to eliminate funding to buy used sealift vessels would effectively terminate the program, according to a Navy document obtained by Breaking Defense.
In its version of the fiscal 2022 defense spending bill, the committee cut around $300 million earmarked for the purchase of used sealift vessels by the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
The committee says the money was “early to need.”
In the document detailing the Navy’s objection to...
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