S.Amdt. 2828

SA 2828. Mr. CORNYN 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON PRICE ELASTICITY OF LABOR SUPPLY AT
SHIPYARDS AND SUPPLIER FIRMS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the price elasticity of the labor supply for the industrial
base for building and maintaining naval vessels, including--
(1) private-sector shipyards;
(2) public-sector naval shipyards; and
(3) supplier firms.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of the full cost of hiring and training
workers at shipyards and supplier firms.
(2) An assessment of the extent to which retention and
attrition of workers at shipyards and supplier firms is
related to pay and benefits for those workers.
(3) An assessment of the extent to which challenges in
recruiting and retaining desired numbers of workers at
shipyards and supplier firms can be met by increasing pay and
benefits for those workers.
(4) An assessment of the potential impact of such increases
in pay and benefits on costs for procuring and maintaining
naval vessels.
(5) An assessment of and recommendation for any
extraordinary relief that may be appropriate for the fixed-
price, multi-year procurement contracts for Virginia-class
submarines in order to increase pay and benefits for workers
at shipyards and supplier firms under those contracts.
(c) Contract Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy may
contract with a private entity for the preparation of the
report required by subsection (a).
(d) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``congressional defense committees'' has
the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10,
United States Code.
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