[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5844. Mr. KIM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. EXPANSION OF USE OF INDUSTRIAL BASE FUND FOR SHIPS, 
                   SUBMARINES, AND DRYDOCK AND SHIP REPAIR.

       Section 4817(g)(1)(L) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, including investments that improve throughput, 
     capacity, schedule reliability, and safety at public or 
     private shipbuilding and ship repair facilities, and critical 
     drydock and ship repair infrastructure components and 
     systems''.
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