[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 3506. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147,
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division D, insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act for the National
Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program may be used on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act to enter into a
contract related to the acquisition, construction, or
conversion of a vessel unless--
(A) the vessel is to be constructed or converted in the
United States; and
(B) the steel, iron, aluminum, and manufactured products to
be used in the construction or conversion of the vessel are
produced in the United States.
(2) The head of the agency responsible for a contract
described under paragraph (1) may waive the restriction under
such paragraph on a case-by-case basis by certifying in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives that adequate domestic supplies
are not available on a timely and cost-competitive basis.
(b)(1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act or any other Act for the National
Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program may be used to procure
any of the following components for vessels unless the items
are manufactured in the United States:
(A) Circuit breakers.
(B) Welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain with a
diameter of four inches or less.
(C) Power conversion equipment.
(D) Electric generators and alternators.
(E) Auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all shipboard
services.
(F) Propulsion system components (engines, reduction gears,
and propellers).
(G) Shipboard cranes.
(H) Spreaders for shipboard cranes.
(I) Capstans.
(J) Winches.
(K) Hoists.
(L) Outboard motors.
(M) Windlasses.
(N) To the extent they are unique to marine applications,
gyrocompasses, electronic navigation chart systems, steering
controls, pumps, propulsion and machinery control systems,
and totally enclosed lifeboats.
(O) Powered and non-powered valves in Federal Supply
Classes 4810 and 4820.
(P) Machine tools in the Federal Supply Classes for metal-
working machinery numbered 3405, 3408, 3410 through 3419,
3426, 3433, 3438, 3441 through 3443, 3445, 3446, 3448, 3449,
3460, and 3461.
(2) The head of the agency responsible for a procurement
described in paragraph (1)may waive the restrictions under
such paragraph on a case-by-case basis by certifying in
writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives that adequate domestic supplies
are not available on a timely and cost-competitive basis.
(3) The restrictions under paragraph (1) shall not apply to
contracts in effect as of the date of the enactment of this
Act or to a procurement of spare or repair parts needed to
support components for vessels produced or manufactured
outside of the United States.
______