S.Amdt. 986

SA 986. Mr. PADILLA submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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:

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At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title I, insert
the following:

SEC. 1__. REPORT ON USE OF GOVERNMENT DOCKS FOR SHIP REPAIR
AND MAINTENANCE.

On an annual basis, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report that--
(1) identifies each instance in the year preceding the date
of the report in which the Navy used a Government dock for a
ship repair and maintenance availability when sufficient
capacity was available in private docks during the period in
which such repairs and maintenance were expected to be
performed; and
(2) for each such instance, provides an explanation of the
reasons the Navy used a Government dock rather than a private
dock.

SEC. 1__. REPORT ON NAVY POLICY FOR SOLICITING COASTWIDE BIDS
FOR CERTAIN REPAIR AVAILABILITIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than March 30, 2024, the
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the policy of the Navy for
soliciting coastwide bids for repair availabilities longer
than 10 months.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall
explain and assess each of the following:
(1) The intent of the policy described in subsection (a).
(2) The data the Navy uses to assess the efficacy of such
policy.
(3) How the Navy estimates the cost of moving vessels out
of their home port to complete the availability and the
actual cost of moving vessels out of their home port to
complete the availability.
(4) How the Navy estimates the financial, labor force,
servicemember and family well-being, berthing, and related
costs associated with moving a vessel out of its home port to
complete a repair availability longer than 10 months.

SEC. 1__. STUDY ON PRICE DIFFERENTIALS USED IN NAVY SHIP
REPAIR SOLICITATIONS.

(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Secretary of the Navy shall seek to enter
into an agreement with a federally funded research and
development center to conduct a study to assess whether
relevant price differentials used by the Navy in ship repair
solicitations accurately reflect the true market value of the
activity undertaken to complete the repair work involved in
the absence of any such differential.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall address
all relevant price differentials used by the Navy in ship
repair solicitations, including--
(1) the use of Government-owned and -operated dry docks;
(2) the use of inter-port differentials; and
(3) the use of pier differentials.
(c) Reports.--
(1) FFRDC report.--The federally funded research and
development center that conducts the study under subsection
(a) shall submit to the Secretary of the Navy a report on the
results of the study.
(2) Submittal to congress.--Not later than September 30,
2024, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the
congressional defense committees an unaltered copy of the
report received by the Secretary under paragraph (1) together
with a separate statement of the views of the Secretary on
the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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