[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 113 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2103. Mr. ROMNEY (for himself and Mr. Kelly) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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. 1027. EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTIONS ON REPAIR AND 
                   MAINTENANCE OF NAVAL VESSELS IN FOREIGN 
                   SHIPYARDS FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR 
                   EXERCISES.

       Section 8680(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), during each fiscal 
     year, scheduled maintenance or repair may be performed on not 
     more than six naval vessels described in paragraph (1) 
     outside the United States or Guam if--
       ``(A) the period for the maintenance or repair is less than 
     90 consecutive days in duration; and
       ``(B) the maintenance or repair is performed as part of an 
     exercise to develop and improve the ability to perform 
     maintenance or repair during wartime or periods of increased 
     international tension.''.
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