[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5249-S5250]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3483. Mr. McCORMICK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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:

       Strike section 1012 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1012. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE 
                   SEALIFT FUND TO PURCHASE CERTAIN USED FOREIGN 
                   CONSTRUCTED VESSELS.

       (a) In General.--Section 2218 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (f)--
       (A) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(other than an 
     excluded vessel)'' after ``any used vessel'';

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       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``(other than an 
     excluded vessel)'' after ``a used vessel'';
       (iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the 
     following new subparagraph (C):
       ``(C) The Secretary may only use the authority under this 
     paragraph to purchase more than 10 foreign-constructed 
     vessels if, for each such vessel so purchased after the tenth 
     vessel, the Secretary purchases two vessels under paragraph 
     (4).'';
       (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' 
     and inserting ``this paragraph''; and
       (v) by striking subparagraph (E) and redesignating 
     subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), 
     respectively; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (4):
       ``(4) A vessel purchased under this paragraph is a vessel--
       ``(A) purchased using funds in the National Defense Sealift 
     Fund;
       ``(B) constructed in a ship yard located in the United 
     States; and
       ``(C) the construction of which is managed by a commercial 
     vessel construction manager.''; and
       (2) in subsection (k), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(6) The term `excluded vessel' means a vessel that was--
       ``(A) constructed or substantially modified by an entity 
     located in the People's Republic of China; or
       ``(B) constructed by a Chinese military company, as such 
     term is defined in section 1260H(d)(1) of the William M. 
     (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).''.
       (b) Technical Corrections.--Section 2218 of title 10, 
     United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is further 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking ``section 11 of 
     the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405)'' and 
     inserting ``section 57100 of title 46'';
       (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``section 1424(b) of 
     Public Law 101-510 (104 Stat. 1683)'' and inserting ``section 
     1424(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note)''; and
       (3) in subsection (k)--
       (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``section 1424 of 
     Public Law 101-510 (104 Stat. 1683)'' and inserting ``section 
     1424 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note)''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``section 11 of the 
     Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405)'' and 
     inserting ``section 57100 of title 46''.
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