[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4931]
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SA 3153. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 E of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1048. REPORT ON UNITED STATES SHIPBUILDING AND
MAINTENANCE SECTOR.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Under Secretary of Commerce for International
Trade, in consultation with the United States Trade
Representative, shall submit to Congress a report on the
United States shipbuilding and maintenance sector that
includes--
(1) the percentage of parts, components, and supplies
produced in the United States that are utilized in the
implementation of--
(A) Executive Order 14629 (90 Fed. Reg. 15635; relating to
restoring America's maritime dominance); and
(B) the actions taken by the Trade Representative under
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411)
relating to People's Republic of China's targeting of the
maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors for dominance;
(2) an analysis of the ability of the Department of
Commerce to track parts used in the maritime sector,
including the ability of the Department to track trade flows
and identify foreign unfair trade barriers and practices that
limit the export of parts and components produced in the
United States; and
(3) an analysis of the efforts of the Federal Government to
restore United States capacity to build port infrastructure,
including ship-to-shore cranes.
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