Battle force ship employment, maintenance, and manning baseline plans

Not later than 45 days after the date of the delivery of the first ship in a new class of battle force ships, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the employment, maintenance, and manning baseline plans for the class, including a description of the following: The sustainment and maintenance plans for the class that encompass the number of years the class is expected to be in service, including— Any contractually required integrated logistics support deliverables for the ship, including technical manuals, and an identification of— The planned maintenance system for the ship, including— The coordinated shipboard allowance list for the class, including— The ship manpower document for the class, including— The personnel billets authorized for the ship for the fiscal year in which the ship is delivered and each of the four fiscal years thereafter, including— Programmed funding for manning and end strength on the ship for the fiscal year in which the ship is delivered and each of the four fiscal years thereafter, including— Personnel assigned to the ship on the delivery date, including— For each critical hull, mechanical, electrical, propulsion, and combat system of the class as so designated by the Senior Technical Authority pursuant to section 8669b(c)(2)(C) of this title, the following: The notional employment schedule of the ship for each month of the fiscal year in which the ship is delivered and each of the four fiscal years thereafter, including an identification of time spent in the following phases: Not less than 30 days before implementing a significant change to the baseline plans described in subsection (a) or any subsequent significant change, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees written notification of the change, including for each such change the following: The budgetary effects, including— The personnel effects, including— The sustainment and maintenance effects, including— For the purposes of this section, the Secretary of the Navy shall treat as the first ship in a new class of battle force ships the following: In this section: The term “battle force ship” means the following: