States findings of the Legislature and recognizes the historical importance of the commissioning of the USS IDAHO SSN-799.

To recognize the significance of the United States Navy naming a ship of the line after the Great State of Idaho. It is the 5th ship to be named the USS Idaho and the first ship in over 100 years to be named such. It is more than appropriate this ship is a submarine as Idaho has strong ties to the submarine community of the United States Navy. INL was the training ground for the first nuclear submarines and Bayview in northern Idaho has contributed greatly to the development of submarine design.