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Congress requires the Navy to issue an annual report that describes its plan for building new ships over the next 30 years. CBO has prepared a report—required under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012—analyzing the Navy’s latest long-term shipbuilding plan, which covers fiscal years 2013 to 2042.
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Since 2006, CBO has performed an analysis of the Navy’s annual report on its plans for building new ships over the next 30 years. This CBO report summarizes the ship inventory goals and purchases described in the Navy’s 2013 plan and assesses their implications for the Navy’s funding needs and ship inventories through 2042.