S.Amdt. 987

SA 987. 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:

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

SEC. 1__. LIMITATION ON USE OF GOVERNMENT-OPERATED DRYDOCKS.

The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that no Government-
operated drydock is eligible to compete for the award of a
contract for private sector non-nuclear surface ship
maintenance unless the Secretary determines, in accordance
with section 2466 of title 10, United States Code, that there
is not sufficient private sector dock competition.

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