[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3303 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3303

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Department of 
the Navy from contracting for long-term scheduled ship maintenance work 
  to be performed outside the United States unless a certification is 
                           made to Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 1993

  Mr. Andrews of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Department of 
the Navy from contracting for long-term scheduled ship maintenance work 
  to be performed outside the United States unless a certification is 
                           made to Congress.

    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 ``American Shipyard Worker Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON SHIP REPAIR IN SHIPYARDS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Limitation.--Section 7299a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a contract with 
a shipyard located outside the United States (including any territory 
of the United States) for long-term scheduled maintenance work on a 
naval vessel, or any other vessel (whether or not owned by the United 
States) that operates under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Navy, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives in advance 
that there is a compelling national security reason or a compelling 
economic reason for the work to be done at that shipyard.''.
    (b) Applicability.--Subsection (d) of section 7299a of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), applies with respect to 
a contract for long-term scheduled maintenance of a naval vessel or any 
other vessel (whether or not owned by the United States) that operates 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy that is entered 
into after the end of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

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