[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2115. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 A of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 815. PROCUREMENT OF GOODS FOR THE FFG-FRIGATE PROGRAM.

       Amounts authorized to carry out the FFG-Frigate program 
     shall be used for the acquisition of components manufactured 
     in the United States at a higher cost than comparable foreign 
     components if the Navy determines that the component 
     manufactured in the United States--
       (1) is already qualified to applicable standards and 
     certifications;
       (2) is already fielded on other United States Navy ships;
       (3) offers proven life-cycle cost savings through fuel 
     usage and on-ship maintenance capability;
       (4) offers FFGX a higher documented operational 
     availability with substantiated Mean Time Between Failure 
     (MTBF) and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) values from United 
     States Navy operational data and United States Navy-approved 
     Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA); and
       (5) is critical for sustaining the domestic industrial base 
     in support of other United States Navy ship programs.
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