Require the Navy and Maritime Administration to prioritize finalizing design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels and brief Congress on plans to build and fund them.

Mark B. Messmer · Indiana · Republican

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Direct the Navy and Maritime Administration to prioritize finalizing design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels and brief Congress on plans to build and fund them.. Promised outcome: Advance modernization and replacement planning for aging Ready Reserve Force ships.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Representative for Indiana's 8th District, Messmer announced federal legislation related to Ready Reserve Force modernization.

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The bill directs the Navy and Maritime Administration to prioritize finalizing design requirements for new sealift vessels and brief Congress on plans to build and fund them.

Messmer's press release says his Ready Reserve Force Modernization Accountability Act would require Navy and Maritime Administration action on new sealift vessel design and congressional briefing plans.

Messmer Introduces Bill to Advance Ready Reserve Force Modernization | U.S. Representative Mark Messmer
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To prioritize the finalization of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. Prioritization and briefing on Ready Reserve Force modernization . (a) Prioritization of design requirements .—The Secretary of the Navy and the Maritime Administrator shall prioritize the finalization of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels. (b) Briefing required .—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Maritime Administrator, shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing

Messmer introduced legislation requiring the Navy Secretary and Maritime Administrator to prioritize finalizing design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels and to brief congressional defense committees on modernization planning.

H. R. 10577 (Introduced-in-House)
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Full Title To prioritize the finalization of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels, and for other purposes. Sponsors Mark B. Messmer(IN) Cosponsors Joe Courtney (CT) Committees Committee on Armed Services (Standing)

Messmer sponsored H.R. 10577, a bill to prioritize finalizing design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels.

H.R. 10577 (IH) - To prioritize the finalization of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels, and for other purposes. - BILLS-119hr10577ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
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Evidence

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introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo’s official bill record shows Messmer introduced H.R. 10577 and that the latest listed action was referral to House Armed Services, not passage or enactment.

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H.R. 10577 (IH) - To prioritize the finalization of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels, and for other purposes. - BILLS-119hr10577ih | Related Documents | GovInfo
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The Secretary of the Navy and the Maritime Administrator shall prioritize the finalization of design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text matches the commitment’s substance, including the Navy and Maritime Administration design-requirements priority and related congressional briefing provisions, but the requirement depends on enactment.

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H. R. 10577 (Introduced-in-House)
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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-04 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified bill text would require the Navy and Maritime Administrator to prioritize finalizing design requirements for new Ready Reserve Force vessels, matching the commitment’s substance. However, the verified GovInfo passage only shows the bill was introduced and referred to the House Armed Services Committee; there is no verified evidence of passage, enactment, or the required briefing occurring as of 2026-10-04. Because this is an enactment/outcome promise rather than merely a promise to introduce legislation, introduction alone is effort, not delivery.

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