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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 6035. Female members: congressional review period for assignment to duty on submarines or for reconfiguration of submarines
(a) No change in the Department of the Navy policy limiting
service on submarines to males, as in effect on May 10, 2000, may
take effect until -
(1) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress written notice
of the proposed change; and
(2) a period of 30 days of continuous session of Congress
(excluding any day on which either House of Congress is not in
session) expires following the date on which the notice is
received.
(b) No funds available to the Department of the Navy may be
expended to reconfigure any existing submarine, or to design any
new submarine, to accommodate female crew members until -
(1) the Secretary of Defense submits to Congress written notice
of the proposed reconfiguration or design; and
(2) a period of 30 days of continuous session of Congress
(excluding any day on which either House of Congress is not in
session) expires following the date on which the notice is
received.
(c) For purposes of this section, the continuity of a session of
Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die.
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