S.Amdt. 463

SA 463. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Murkowski)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 X, add the following:

SEC. 1019. CONTRACTS FOR OVERHAUL, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF
NAVAL VESSELS IN NON-COASTWIDE SHIPYARDS.

Section 8669a of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) The Secretary of the Navy may award a contract for
the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of a naval vessel to a
firm that is located in a non-coastwide area outside the area
of the homeport of the vessel, including a yard in Alaska,
the Great Lakes or the Gulf Coast, if the Secretary
determines that such an award will--
``(1) reduce the vessel maintenance backlog of the Navy;
``(2) improve fleet readiness; and
``(3) support the operational needs of the Navy.''.
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