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Aug 12, 2025
Policy Area:
Armed Forces and National Security
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Aug 12, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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Aug 12, 2025
Introduced in House
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Introduced in House
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Aug 12, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2025 2:22 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4951 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4951
To authorize an exception to the prohibition on the construction of
naval vessels in foreign shipyards, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 12, 2025
Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To authorize an exception to the prohibition on the construction of
naval vessels in foreign shipyards, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4951 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4951
To authorize an exception to the prohibition on the construction of
naval vessels in foreign shipyards, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 12, 2025
Mr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To authorize an exception to the prohibition on the construction of
naval vessels in foreign shipyards, 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.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Naval Readiness Act''.
SEC. 2.
FOREIGN SHIPYARDS.
Section 8679 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection
(a) , by striking ``subsection
(b) '' and
inserting ``subsections
(b) and
(c) ''; and
(2) in subsection
(b) --
(A) in paragraph
(1) , by striking ``to do so.
(1) in subsection
(a) , by striking ``subsection
(b) '' and
inserting ``subsections
(b) and
(c) ''; and
(2) in subsection
(b) --
(A) in paragraph
(1) , by striking ``to do so.'' and
inserting the following: ``to do so, if--
``
(A) the foreign shipyard concerned is located in a North
Atlantic Treaty Organization member country or a country in the
Indo-Pacific Region that is party to a mutual defense treaty
with the United States; and
``
(B) the cost of the construction concerned is less than
the cost would be if such construction occurred in a domestic
shipyard.''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``
(3) Before the construction of a naval vessel, or a major
component of the hull or superstructure of a naval vessel, may commence
at a foreign shipyard pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of the
Navy shall submit to Congress a certification that the foreign shipyard
is not owned or operated by a Chinese company or a multinational
company domiciled in the People's Republic of China.''.
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