[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4666 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4666

 To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit overhaul, repair, 
      and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 1994

Mr. Andrews of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred 
           to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 46, United States Code, to prohibit overhaul, repair, 
      and maintenance 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Shipbuilding Jobs 
Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON OVERHAUL, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF COAST GUARD 
              VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 96. Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast 
              Guard vessels in foreign shipyards
    ``A Coast Guard vessel may not be overhauled, repaired, or 
maintained in any shipyard located outside the United States, except 
that this section does not apply to emergency repairs.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--Title 14, United States Code, is amended 
in the analysis at the beginning of chapter 5 by adding at the end the 
following:

``96. Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard 
                            vessels in foreign shipyards.''.

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