[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5686. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 848. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN 
                   COMPONENTS FOR CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS AND 
                   AUXILIARY SHIPS.

       (a) Requirements for the Procurement of Certain Components 
     for Naval Vessels.--Section 4864(a)(2) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(G) Ship shafts and propulsion system components 
     (including engines, reduction gears and propellers).''.
       (b) Requirement That Certain Auxiliary Ship Components Be 
     Manufactured in the National Technology and Industrial 
     Base.--
       (1) Technical amendment.--Section 4864 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (l) 
     (relating to ``Implementation of auxiliary ship component 
     limitation'') as subsection (k).
       (2) Components for auxiliary ships.--Paragraph (3) of 
     section 4864(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(3) Components for auxiliary ships.--Subject to 
     subsection (k), the following components:
       ``(A) Large medium-speed diesel engines.
       ``(B) Propulsion system components, including reduction 
     gears and propellers.''.
       (3) Implementation.--Subsection (k) of section 4864 of 
     title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by paragraph 
     (1), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(k) Implementation of Auxiliary Ship Component 
     Limitation.--Subsection (a)(3) shall apply only with respect 
     to contracts awarded by a Secretary of a military department 
     for construction of a new class of auxiliary ship after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act using funds available for 
     National Defense Sealift Fund programs or Shipbuilding and 
     Conversion, Navy.''.
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