[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5074-S5075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 5687. 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.
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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 SHIPS.
(a) Anchor and Mooring Chain Reference Correction.--Section
4864 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(F), by striking ``shipboard''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``shipboard''.
(b) 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, electric power generators, propulsion
system components (including engines, reduction gears, and
propellers), electric propulsion motors, degaussing systems,
power distribution equipment, breakers, switchgear, load
center, power panels, power conversion equipment, rectifiers,
frequency converters, inverters, machinery control, damage
control, sensors, and programs for command, control,
communications, computers, and intelligence (commonly known
as `C4I').''.
(c) Requirement That Certain 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) Auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for all
shipboard services.
``(C) Propulsion system components, including engines,
reduction gears, and propellers.
``(D) Shipboard cranes.
``(E) Spreaders for shipboard cranes.''.
(3) Implementation.--Subsection (k) of section 4864 of
title 10, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection
(a), is amended to read as follows:
``(k) Implementation of Auxiliary Ship Component
Limitation.--
``(1) Large medium-speed diesel engine.--Subsection
(a)(3)(A) applies only with respect to contracts awarded by
the Secretary of a military department for new construction
of an auxiliary ship after the date of the enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
(Public Law 119-92) using funds available for National
Defense Sealift Fund programs or Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy.
``(2) Other components for auxiliary ships.--Subparagraphs
(B) through (E) of subsection (a)(3) apply only with respect
to contracts awarded by the Secretary of a military
department for new construction of an auxiliary ship after
the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81)
using funds available for National Defense Sealift Fund
programs or Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy.''.
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