[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7508-S7509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4032. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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. 1023. AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR OVERHAUL, REPAIR, AND 
                   MAINTENANCE OF NAVAL VESSELS IN AREAS OUTSIDE 
                   THE HOMEPORT OF THE VESSEL CONCERNED TO MEET 
                   SURGE CAPACITY NEEDS.

       Section 8669a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ``, except such 
     paragraph shall not apply to the

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     award of a contract under subsection (d)'' after ``law''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) In order to meet surge capacity needs, the Secretary 
     of the Navy may solicit proposals and award one or more 
     contracts for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of one or 
     more naval vessels involving work to be performed in an area 
     outside the area of the homeport of the vessel or vessels 
     concerned.''.
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