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HR 6494 111th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Military procurement, research, weapons development

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to improve the Littoral Combat Ship program of the Navy.

Introduced: December 2, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 22, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Dec 16, 2010
Received in the Senate.
Dec 15, 2010
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 15, 2010
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8359)
Dec 15, 2010
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8359)
Dec 15, 2010
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6494.
Dec 15, 2010
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8359-8362)
Dec 15, 2010
Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 14, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces.
Dec 2, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Dec 2, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 relating to the Navy's littoral combat ship program to: (1) increase from 10 to 20 the number of such ships authorized to be procured, including any ship control and weapons systems that the Secretary of the Navy determines necessary for such ships; (2) allow one or more contracts to be entered into for such procurement; and (3) require the government to be permitted to conduct a competition for an additional shipyard for ship construction, to build a design specification for that ship.

What's happening now December 22, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Dec 15, 2010
Adler, John
· Dec 7, 2010
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Dec 7, 2010
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Dec 7, 2010
Kagen, Steve
· Dec 2, 2010
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Dec 2, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6494: To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to improve the Littoral Combat Ship program of the Navy.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6494/
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"H.R. 6494: To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 to improve the Littoral Combat Ship program of the Navy.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6494/.
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H.R. 6494, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6494/.
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