[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 87 (Tuesday, June 2, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3517]
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SA 1464. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 submitted by Mr. McCAIN and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 884. REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN SHIP COMPONENTS BE
MANUFACTURED IN THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND
INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) Additional Procurement Limitation.--Section 2534(a) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
``(6) Components for auxiliary ships.--Subject to
subsection (k), the following components:
``(A) Auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all
shipboard services.
``(B) Propulsion system components, including engines,
reduction gears, and propellers.
``(C) Shipboard cranes.
``(D) Spreaders for shipboard cranes.''.
(b) Implementation.--Such section is further amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k) Implementation of Auxiliary Ship Component
Limitation.--Subsection (a)(6) applies only with respect to
contracts awarded by the Secretary of a military department
for new construction of an auxiliary ship after the date of
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 using funds available for National Defense
Sealift Fund programs or Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy.''.
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