S.Amdt. 686

SA 686. 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. __. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN
COMPONENTS FOR CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS AND
AUXILIARY SHIPS.

(a) Requirements for the Procurement of Certain Components
for Naval Vessels.--Section 4864(a)(2) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
``(G) Ship shafts and propulsion system components,
including reduction gears and propellers.''.
(b) Requirement That Certain Auxiliary Ship Components Be
Manufactured in the National Technology and Industrial
Base.--
(1) Components for auxiliary ships.--Paragraph (3) of
section 4864(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
``(3) Components for auxiliary ships.--Subject to
subsection (k), the following components:
``(A) Large medium-speed diesel engines.
``(B) Propulsion system components, including reduction
gears and propellers.''.
(2) Implementation.--Subsection (k) of section 4864 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(k) Implementation of Auxiliary Ship Component
Limitation.--Subsection (a)(3) shall apply only with respect
to contracts awarded by a Secretary of a military department
for construction of a new class of auxiliary ship after the
date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2024 using funds available for National
Defense Sealift Fund programs or Shipbuilding and Conversion,
Navy.''.
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