[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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