{"id":33322,"date":"2018-02-27T18:49:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T18:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/27\/sweeping-legislation-aims-to-fix-the-surface-navy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:43:06","slug":"sweeping-legislation-aims-to-fix-the-surface-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2018\/02\/27\/sweeping-legislation-aims-to-fix-the-surface-navy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweeping legislation aims to fix the US surface Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 Republican Sens. Roger Wicker and John McCain have introduced sweeping legislation that takes aim at the U.S. Navy\u2019s readiness and organizational shortfalls<\/a> that came to light<\/a> in the wake of last year\u2019s deadly accidents in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Surface Warfare Enhancement Act of 2018, introduced Monday, would require, among many other provisions, a complete bottom-up review of Navy organization<\/a>, something that could put the skids on some planned reshuffling that the Navy was pressing toward later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation also would expand the role of the Navy\u2019s head of acquisition to include maintenance, citing a lack of any single accountable position in charge of the upkeep of Navy equipment. It also caps at 10 years the time a ship can spend at home port overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation spearheaded by the two senior Senate Armed Services Committee legislators aims at addressing an underlying anxiety among some in Congress that the Navy will accurately diagnose its issues, then fail to follow up to fix them as operational and administrative burdens stack up.<\/p>\n\n\n\t