[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2640. Ms. BALDWIN 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 B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1018. CONTRACTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF NAVAL VESSELS IN 
                   NON-COASTWIDE AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE HOMEPORT OF 
                   THE VESSELS.

       Notwithstanding section 7299a of title 10, United States 
     Code, or any other provision of law, the Secretary of the 
     Navy may award a contract for the overhaul, repair, or 
     maintenance of a naval vessel to a firm that is located in a 
     non-coastwide area outside the area of the homeport of the 
     vessel, including a firm located in the Great Lakes or Gulf 
     Coast regions of the United States, if the Secretary 
     determines that such an award will reduce naval vessel 
     maintenance backlogs, improve fleet readiness, and support 
     the operational needs of the Navy.
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