[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 877. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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. REPORT ON EXPANDING NAVAL VESSEL MAINTENANCE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than May 1, 2020, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the feasibility and 
     advisability of allowing maintenance to be performed on a 
     naval vessel at a shipyard other than a homeport shipyard of 
     the vessel.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the ability of homeport shipyards to 
     meet the current naval vessel maintenance demands.
       (2) An assessment of the ability of homeport shipyards to 
     meet the naval vessel maintenance demands of the force 
     structure assessment requirement of the Navy for a 355-ship 
     navy.
       (3) An assessment of the ability of non-homeport firms to 
     augment repair work at homeport shipyards, including an 
     assessment of the following:
       (A) The capability and proficiency of shipyards in the 
     Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, East Coast, West Coast, and Alaska 
     regions to perform technical repair work on naval vessels at 
     locations other than their homeports.
       (B) The improvements to the capability and capacity of 
     shipyards in the Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, East Coast, West 
     Coast, and Alaska regions that would be required to enable 
     performance of technical repair work on naval vessels at 
     locations other than their homeports.
       (C) The types of naval vessels (such as noncombatant 
     vessels or vessels that only need limited periods of time in 
     shipyards) best suited for repair work performed by shipyards 
     in locations other than their homeports.
       (D) The potential benefits to fleet readiness of expanding 
     shipyard repair work to include shipyards not located at the 
     homeports of naval vessels.
       (E) The ability of non-homeport firms to maintain surge 
     capacity when homeport shipyards lack the capacity or 
     capability to meet homeport requirements.
       (4) An assessment of the potential benefits of expanding 
     repair work for naval vessels to shipyards not eligible for 
     short-term work in accordance with section 8669a(c) of title 
     10, United States Code.
       (5) Such other related matters as the Secretary of the Navy 
     considers appropriate.
       (c) Rules of Construction.--
       (1) Requirements relating to construction of combatant and 
     escort vessels and assignment of vessel projects.--Nothing in 
     this section may be construed to override the requirements of 
     section 8669a of title 10, United States Code.
       (2) No funding for shipyards of non-homeport firms.--
     Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize funding 
     for shipyards of non-homeport firms.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Homeport shipyard.--The term ``homeport shipyard'' 
     means a shipyard associated with a firm capable of being 
     awarded short-term work at the homeport of a naval vessel in 
     accordance with section 8669a(c) of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       (2) Short-term work.--The term ``short-term work'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 8669a(c)(4) of such title.
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