119-s1577

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1577 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1577

 To amend 

section 1151 of title 14, United States Code, to modify the 
 restriction on construction of Coast Guard vessels in foreign 
 shipyards.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 1, 2025

 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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 A BILL

 To amend 

section 1151 of title 14, United States Code, to modify the 
 restriction on construction of Coast Guard vessels in foreign 
 shipyards.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTION ON CONSTRUCTION OF VESSELS IN 
 FOREIGN SHIPYARDS.

 

Section 1151 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``Except'' and inserting 
 the following:
 ``

    (a) In General.--Except''; and

    (2) by amending subsection

    (b) to read as follows:
 ``

    (b) Exceptions.--
 ``

    (1) National security interest.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The President may authorize 
 exceptions to the prohibition in subsection

    (a) when 
 the President determines that it is in the national 
 security interest of the United States to do so.
 ``
        (B) Notification.--The President shall transmit 
 notice to Congress of any such determination, and no 
 contract may be made pursuant to the exception 
 authorized until the end of the 30-day period beginning 
 on the date the notice of such determination is 
 received by Congress.
 ``
            (C) Certification.--The President may only 
 authorize an exception under this paragraph if the 
 President, in coordination with the Commandant, has 
 certified to Congress that--
 ``
            (i) the foreign shipyard concerned is--
 ``
            (I) a member of the North 
 Atlantic Treaty Organization; or
 ``
            (II) party to an active United 
 States defense treaty in the Indo-
 Pacific region;
 ``
            (ii) the cost to the United States 
 Government of using such foreign shipyard for 
 construction described in subsection

    (a) is 
 less than the cost to the United States 
 Government of using a domestic shipyard for 
 such construction;
 ``
            (iii) the timeline for the design, 
 construction, and delivery of a vessel or major 
 component described in subsection

    (a) from a 
 domestic shipyard is more than 18 months later 
 than the timeline for the design, construction, 
 and delivery of such vessel or major component 
 from such foreign shipyard; and
 ``
            (iv) during the 5-year period ending on 
 the date on which the certification is 
 submitted, the foreign shipyard concerned has 
 demonstrated the capacity to design, construct, 
 and deliver a vessel capable of performing the 
 missions specified in 

section 888

    (a) of the 
 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 
 468

    (a) )--
 ``
            (I) at a cost to the United 
 States Government that is less than the 
 cost of using a domestic shipyard; and
 ``
            (II) within a timeline for 
 design, construction, and delivery that 
 is less than 18 months later than such 
 a timeline from a domestic shipyard.
 ``

    (2) Acquisition of completed vessel.--The Secretary may 
 acquire from a foreign shipyard a completed vessel if--
 ``
        (A) the foreign shipyard is--
 ``
            (i) a member of the North Atlantic Treaty 
 Organization; or
 ``
            (ii) party to an active United States 
 defense treaty in the Indo-Pacific region; and
 ``
        (B) the government of the country in which the 
 foreign shipyard is located enters into a warranty 
 agreement with the United States Government with 
 respect to such vessel.''.
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