S.Amdt. 6002

SA 6002. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 1026. CONSTRUCTION OF NAVAL VESSELS IN SHIPYARDS IN NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION COUNTRIES.

Section 8679 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsection (a), by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsections (b) and (c)”;

(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):

“(c) Construction of Naval Vessels in Shipyards in NATO Countries.--The Secretary of the Navy may construct a naval vessel in a foreign shipyard if--

“(1) the shipyard is located within the boundaries of a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and

“(2) the cost of construction of such vessel in such shipyard will be less than the cost of construction of such vessel in a domestic shipyard.”.