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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 407
To authorize an exception to the prohibition on the construction of Coast
Guard 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 Commerce, Science, and
Transportation
A BILL
To authorize an exception to the prohibition on the construc-
tion of Coast Guard 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 Coast Guard 4
Readiness Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION 1
OF COAST GUARD VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIP-2
YARDS. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 1151 of 4
title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-5
lows: 6
‘‘(b)(1) The President may authorize exceptions to 7
the prohibition in subsection (a) when the President deter-8
mines that it is in the national security interest of the 9
United States to do so, provided that— 10
‘‘(A) the foreign shipyard concerned is located 11
in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member 12
country or a country in the Indo-Pacific region that 13
is party to a mutual defense treaty with the United 14
States; and 15
‘‘(B) the cost of the construction concerned is 16
less than the cost would be if such construction oc-17
curred in a domestic shipyard. 18
‘‘(2) The President shall transmit notice to Congress 19
of any such determination, and no contract may be made 20
pursuant to the exception authorized until the end of the 21
30-day period beginning on the date the notice of such 22
determination is received by Congress. 23
‘‘(3) Before the construction of a Coast Guard vessel, 24
or a major component of the hull or superstructure of a 25
Coast Guard vessel, may commence at a foreign shipyard 26
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pursuant to this subsection, the Commandant shall submit 1
to Congress a certification that the foreign shipyard is not 2
owned or operated by a Chinese company or a multi-3
national company domiciled in the People’s Republic of 4
China.’’. 5
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 8679(a) of 6
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and 7
section 1151(b) of title 14’’ after ‘‘in subsection (b)’’. 8
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