S.Amdt. 553

SA 553. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) 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 H of title X, add the following:

SECTION ____. CONSIDERATION OF IMPACT OF HURRICANE MICHAEL IN
MODIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS FOR
OFFSHORE PATROL CUTTERS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commandant
of the Coast Guard may consider the impact of Hurricane
Michael in modifying, without consideration, a contract
relating to the construction of one or more Offshore Patrol
Cutters if the Commandant determines that the consideration
of such impacts is in the national security interests of the
United States.
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