S.Amdt. 4032

SA 4032. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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. 1023. AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR OVERHAUL, REPAIR, AND
MAINTENANCE OF NAVAL VESSELS IN AREAS OUTSIDE
THE HOMEPORT OF THE VESSEL CONCERNED TO MEET
SURGE CAPACITY NEEDS.

Section 8669a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by inserting ``, except such
paragraph shall not apply to the

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award of a contract under subsection (d)'' after ``law''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) In order to meet surge capacity needs, the Secretary
of the Navy may solicit proposals and award one or more
contracts for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of one or
more naval vessels involving work to be performed in an area
outside the area of the homeport of the vessel or vessels
concerned.''.
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