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As expected, lawmakers also advanced the broader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2021\/07\/27\/hasc-bill-would-allow-navy-to-retire-cruisers-early-adds-funding-to-build-a-second-destroyer\/\" target=\"_blank\">sea power mark <\/a>for the sweeping fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If passed into law, Wittman\u2019s language would extend authorities from the FY21 NDAA related to a bundled contract for the amphibious assault ship LHA-9 and amphibious transport docks 31, 32 and 33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is all about the amphibious ship bundle, to make sure that [the Office of the Secretary of Defense] continues the effort to purchase these ships,\u201d Wittman said. \u201cWe know there\u2019s been a delay by [the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office], but I believe it\u2019s incredibly important for this nation to make sure that we exercise the savings, which would be nearly a billion dollars, in buying four ships under this authorization to purchase amphibious ships in this bundle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The action follows Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker\u2019s efforts to pressure the Pentagon into following through with a congressionally mandated rule to buy four amphibious ships in a single \u201cblock buy.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/06\/28\/gop-senator-biden-pentagon-pick-navy-496741\" target=\"_blank\">Politico reported<\/a> last month that Wicker, whose state is home to Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, which builds Navy destroyers and amphibious ships, has slowed CAPE nominee Susanna Blume in an attempt to push the Navy in that direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sea power markup also included language to recommend a second Arleigh Burke-class destroyer widely sought by lawmakers, and it cuts one of two towing, salvage and rescue ships. Without the second destroyer, the Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2021\/06\/08\/memo-navy-will-have-to-pick-between-its-future-destroyer-fighter-and-sub-in-fiscal-2023-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\">cannot meet its obligation<\/a> under multiyear contracts with both Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics\u2019 Bath Iron Works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Arleigh Burke class of destroyers have proven to be one of our most capable and flexible surface combatants,\u201d said Connecticut Democrat Rep. Joe Courtney, the subpanel chairman. \u201cWhile I am frustrated that this is the second year that Congress has had to act to restore a major unfunded priority that was unexpectedly removed from the budget, doing so is the right decision for our fleet and for the industrial base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the Air Force had hoped to draw down its number of C-130 aircraft from 300 to 255 in FY22. But the sea power markup mandates a fleet of no less than 287 C-130H aircraft \u2015 just after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2021\/07\/23\/senate-policy-bill-rejects-air-force-request-to-send-some-a-10s-in-the-boneyard\/\" target=\"_blank\">Senate lawmakers advanced their bill<\/a>, with a floor of 292 C-130s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the markup, Wittman lauded the bill Courtney offered but signaled he would push to add ships when HASC debates the forthcoming chairman\u2019s markup. Wittman argued that deterring future conflict with China requires adopting the Trump administration\u2019s goal of rapidly expanding naval shipbuilding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis would include additional ship construction and weapons procurement that is not currently recommended for inclusion in the Chairman\u2019s mark,\u201d Wittman said. \u201cThis should also include retention of certain legacy assets that would deter conflict in the short- and mid-term.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wittman called the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2021\/06\/17\/navy-releases-long-range-shipbuilding-plan-that-drops-emphasis-on-355-ships-lays-out-fleet-design-priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\">recently released 30-year shipbuilding plan<\/a> \u2015 which dropped a previous emphasis on a 355-ship goal \u2015 as \u201cinadequate\u201d and its eight-ship request for FY22 \u201canemic.\u201d It proposed a plan 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