[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2424. Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. 
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
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 C of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 323. ANNUAL REPORT ON DIFFERENCES IN SHIP REPAIR 
                   CONTRACT AND FINAL DELIVERY COSTS.

       (a) Report Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     the differences between the final contract and final delivery 
     cost for each ship repair, including a description of any 
     growth work that was added after the contract award and a 
     detailed explanation on why the growth work was not included 
     in original contract proposal.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that it 
     is important to create and maintain a stable work load for 
     the defense industrial base at ship repair yards.
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