[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4960-S4961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2644. Mr. LEE 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1095. EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTION ON CONSTRUCTION OF COAST 
                   GUARD VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS FOR CERTAIN 
                   CONSTRUCTION IN SHIPYARDS IN NORTH ATLANTIC 
                   TREATY ORGANIZATION MEMBER COUNTRIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 1151 of title 14, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection (b)'' and 
     inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)''; and

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       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c)(1) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
     construction otherwise covered by that subsection if--
       ``(A) the foreign shipyard concerned is located in--
       ``(i) a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country; 
     or
       ``(ii) a country in the Indo-Pacific region that is party 
     to a mutual defense treaty with United States; and
       ``(B) the cost of the construction concerned is less than 
     the cost would be if such construction occurred in a domestic 
     shipyard.
       ``(2) Before the construction of a Coast Guard vessel, or a 
     major component of the hull or superstructure of a Coast 
     Guard vessel, may commence at a foreign shipyard under this 
     subsection, the Commandant shall submit to Congress a 
     certification that the foreign shipyard is not owned or 
     operated by a Chinese company or a multinational company 
     domiciled in the People's Republic of China.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8679(a) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting ``and section 
     1151(c) of title 14'' after ``in subsection (b)''.
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