[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S6048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6439. Mr. WICKER 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. WAIVER OF NAVIGATION AND VESSEL-INSPECTION LAWS.

       Section 501(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``in accordance with the 
     requirements of paragraph (3)'' after ``following a 
     determination'';
       (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``prior to the 
     issuance of a waiver'' before the semicolon at the end; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Prospective application.--No waiver of the vessel 
     navigation laws may be issued for a vessel if, prior to the 
     waiver request, such vessel was laden with merchandise 
     covered by the requested waiver.''.
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