S.Amdt. 451

SA 451. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 B of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 823. RESTRICTION OF SOLICITATION FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS
RELATING TO ARMED FORCES VESSELS TO DOMESTIC
SOURCES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not, on or
after the date that is 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, enter into or renew a contract, other
than with a domestic source, that allows for the procurement
of critical components to be installed in vessels undergoing
construction.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Critical component.--The term ``critical component''
means a component identified by the Secretary as any
communications, damage control, engineering, navigation, or
seamanship equipment required for a vessel to safely get or
remain underway, and at a minimum shall include--
(A) gas turbine and diesel main engines;
(B) generators;
(C) generator prime movers;
(D) main reduction gears;
(E) main propulsion shafting; and
(F) propellers and propeller castings.
(2) Domestic source.--The term ``domestic source'' has the
meaning given that term in section 702 of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4552).
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