[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3504]
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  SA 463. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Murkowski) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1019. CONTRACTS FOR OVERHAUL, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF 
                   NAVAL VESSELS IN NON-COASTWIDE SHIPYARDS.

       Section 8669a of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) 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 yard in Alaska, 
     the Great Lakes or the Gulf Coast, if the Secretary 
     determines that such an award will--
       ``(1) reduce the vessel maintenance backlog of the Navy;
       ``(2) improve fleet readiness; and
       ``(3) support the operational needs of the Navy.''.
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