A Coast Guard vessel the home port of which is in the United States or Guam may not be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United States or Guam, other than in the case of voyage repairs.

(Added Pub. L. 104–324, title III, §311(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3920; amended Pub. L. 111–281, title II, §218, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2918.)

**2010**—Pub. L. 111–281 substituted “in the United States or Guam” for “in a State of the United States” and inserted “or Guam” after “outside the United States”.