S.Amdt. 998

SA 998. Mr. SULLIVAN 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 end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1025. OVERSEAS MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS.

(a) In General.--Section 8680(a) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``A naval vessel'' and
inserting ``Except as provided in paragraphs (2) through (4),
a naval vessel''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(4)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any conventionally-
powered surface naval vessel operating in the Seventh Fleet
Area of Responsibility may be maintained (including
overhauls) in Japan if the Secretary of the Navy determines
that a delay of longer than 1 year is expected before a
shipyard located in the United States or in Guam is available
to perform such maintenance on such vessel.
``(B) Not later than 6 months after the initiation of
maintenance in Japan on any vessel described in subparagraph
(A), the Secretary of the Navy shall submit a report to
Congress describing the progress that has been made in
addressing the maintenance backlog for naval vessels at
shipyards in the United States.''.
(b) Sunset.--The amendments made subsection (a) shall
remain in effect until the date that is 5 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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