[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1647 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1647

 To authorize an exception to the restriction on construction of Coast 
    Guard vessels in foreign shipyards for certain construction in 
       shipyards in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 2021

    Mr. Lee 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 authorize an exception to the restriction on construction of Coast 
    Guard vessels in foreign shipyards for certain construction in 
       shipyards in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries.

    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 ``Enhancing Coast Guard Readiness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTION ON CONSTRUCTION OF COAST GUARD VESSELS 
              IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION IN 
              SHIPYARDS IN NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
              COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1151 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection (b)'' and 
        inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to construction 
otherwise covered by that subsection if--
            ``(1) the foreign shipyard concerned is located in a North 
        Atlantic Treaty Organization country; and
            ``(2) the cost of the construction concerned is less than 
        the cost would be if such construction occurred in a domestic 
        shipyard.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8679(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ``and section 1151(c) of title 
14'' after ``in subsection (b)''.
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