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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 406
To authorize an exception to the prohibition on the construction of naval
vessels in foreign shipyards, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY5, 2025
Mr. L
EE(for himself and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To authorize an exception to the prohibition on the construc-
tion of naval vessels in foreign shipyards, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Naval Readi-4
ness Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION 6
OF NAVAL VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS. 7
Section 8679 of title 10, United States Code, is 8
amended— 9
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 1
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’; and 2
(2) in subsection (b)— 3
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to do 4
so.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘to do so, pro-5
vided that— 6
‘‘(A) the foreign shipyard concerned is located 7
in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member 8
country or a country in the Indo-Pacific Region that 9
is party to a mutual defense treaty with the United 10
States; and 11
‘‘(B) the cost of the construction concerned is 12
less than the cost would be if such construction oc-13
curred in a domestic shipyard.’’; and 14
(B) by adding at the end the following new 15
paragraph: 16
‘‘(3) Before the construction of a naval vessel, or a 17
major component of the hull or superstructure of a naval 18
vessel, may commence at a foreign shipyard pursuant to 19
this subsection, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 20
to Congress a certification that the foreign shipyard is not 21
owned or operated by a Chinese company or a multi-22
national company domiciled in the People’s Republic of 23
China.’’. 24
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