S.Amdt. 2644

SA 2644. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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:

SEC. 1095. EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTION ON CONSTRUCTION OF COAST
GUARD VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS FOR CERTAIN
CONSTRUCTION IN SHIPYARDS IN NORTH ATLANTIC
TREATY ORGANIZATION MEMBER COUNTRIES.

(a) In General.--Section 1151 of title 14, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection (b)'' and
inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)''; and

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(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c)(1) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to
construction otherwise covered by that subsection if--
``(A) the foreign shipyard concerned is located in--
``(i) a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country;
or
``(ii) a country in the Indo-Pacific region that is party
to a mutual defense treaty with United States; and
``(B) the cost of the construction concerned is less than
the cost would be if such construction occurred in a domestic
shipyard.
``(2) Before the construction of a Coast Guard vessel, or a
major component of the hull or superstructure of a Coast
Guard vessel, may commence at a foreign shipyard under this
subsection, the Commandant shall submit to Congress a
certification that the foreign shipyard is not owned or
operated by a Chinese company or a multinational company
domiciled in the People's Republic of China.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8679(a) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``and section
1151(c) of title 14'' after ``in subsection (b)''.
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