119-s406

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 406 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 406

 To authorize an exception to the prohibition on the construction of 
 naval vessels in foreign shipyards, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 5, 2025

 Mr. Lee (for himself and Mr. Curtis) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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 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. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Naval Readiness Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION OF NAVAL VESSELS IN 
 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.'' and 
 inserting the following: ``to do so, provided that--
 ``
        (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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