S.Amdt. 2424

SA 2424. Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 end of subtitle C of title III, add the following:

SEC. 323. ANNUAL REPORT ON DIFFERENCES IN SHIP REPAIR
CONTRACT AND FINAL DELIVERY COSTS.

(a) Report Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the differences between the final contract and final delivery
cost for each ship repair, including a description of any
growth work that was added after the contract award and a
detailed explanation on why the growth work was not included
in original contract proposal.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that it
is important to create and maintain a stable work load for
the defense industrial base at ship repair yards.
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