
This month two leading House Armed Services Committee members submitted a bipartisan bill to extend the Annual Report on Material Readiness of Navy Ships, conducted by the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). The bill, the Naval Readiness Act, H.R. 2609, was submitted by ranking member of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and chairman of the Readiness Subcommittee Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) on April 16. This legislation would extend the requirement for annual INSURV material…