[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3785]
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  SA 6592. Ms. ALSOBROOKS submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. NAVY-COAST GUARD MARITIME WORKFORCE AND CAPACITY 
                   COORDINATION PLAN.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and 
     the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall establish a recurring 
     coordination mechanism to align maritime industrial workforce 
     requirements and capacity planning activities.
       (b) Quarterly Coordination.--In carrying out subsection 
     (a), the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the 
     Coast Guard shall convene meetings not less frequently than 
     once each quarter to--
       (1) identify projected workforce requirements and capacity 
     needs associated with shipbuilding, ship repair, maintenance, 
     sustainment, and related maritime industrial activities;
       (2) identify areas of overlap, competition, or resource 
     constraints that may adversely affect the ability of either 
     service to meet workforce and industrial base requirements;
       (3) assess opportunities to coordinate workforce 
     development activities, training pipelines, and industrial 
     base investments; and
       (4) identify actions necessary to reduce duplication and 
     improve coordination across shared industrial sectors.
       (c) 10-year Maritime Workforce and Capacity Plan.--
       (1) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter, the 
     Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
     shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report containing a 10-year maritime workforce 
     and capacity plan. Each such plan shall include, for the 
     period covered by the plan--
       (A) projected workforce requirements across shipbuilding, 
     ship repair, maintenance, sustainment, and critical supplier 
     sectors;
       (B) projected demand signals and anticipated requirements 
     for public and private shipyards and related industrial base 
     participants;
       (C) an assessment of workforce gaps, shortages, and 
     associated risks to the execution of shipbuilding and 
     sustainment requirements;
       (D) the identification of areas in which Navy and Coast 
     Guard requirements may create competing demands for labor, 
     infrastructure, or supplier capacity;
       (E) recommendations for mitigating identified constraints 
     and improving coordination between the Navy and the Coast 
     Guard; and
       (F) an assessment of actions necessary to provide industry 
     with greater predictability regarding future workforce and 
     capacity requirements.
       (2) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
     which a report is submitted under paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
     shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     briefing on the plan contained in the report.
       (3) Appropriate congressional committees.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives.
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