[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 125 (Thursday, July 20, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3487]
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  SA 998. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. 1025. OVERSEAS MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS.

       (a) In General.--Section 8680(a) of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``A naval vessel'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in paragraphs (2) through (4), 
     a naval vessel''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any conventionally-
     powered surface naval vessel operating in the Seventh Fleet 
     Area of Responsibility may be maintained (including 
     overhauls) in Japan if the Secretary of the Navy determines 
     that a delay of longer than 1 year is expected before a 
     shipyard located in the United States or in Guam is available 
     to perform such maintenance on such vessel.
       ``(B) Not later than 6 months after the initiation of 
     maintenance in Japan on any vessel described in subparagraph 
     (A), the Secretary of the Navy shall submit a report to 
     Congress describing the progress that has been made in 
     addressing the maintenance backlog for naval vessels at 
     shipyards in the United States.''.
       (b) Sunset.--The amendments made subsection (a) shall 
     remain in effect until the date that is 5 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
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