S.Amdt. 1286

SA 1286. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. King, Mr. Kaine,
Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Schatz) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 1986, to designate the facility of the
United States Postal Service located at 620 East Pecan Boulevard in
McAllen, Texas, as the ``Agent Raul H. Gonzalez Jr. Memorial Post
Office Building''; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE THE WORKFORCE
AT PUBLIC SHIPYARDS.

(a) In General.--None of the funds made available under any
provision of any division of this Act may be used to reduce
the workforce at public shipyards, including probationary
employees.
(b) Exemption.--The workforce at public shipyards and any
other positions at a public shipyard not specified in
subsection (c) shall be exempt from any workforce reductions
related to spending cuts, reprogramming of funds, or the
probationary status of employees.
(c) Workforce at Public Shipyards Defined.--In this
section, the term ``workforce at public shipyards'' includes
any of the following positions at a public shipyard:
(1) Welders.
(2) Pipefitters.
(3) Shipfitters.
(4) Radiological technicians and engineers.
(5) Engineers and engineer technicians.
(6) Apprentices.
(7) Positions supporting a workforce development pipeline.
(8) Positions supporting nuclear maintenance and refueling.
(9) Mechanics.
(10) Painters and blasters.
(11) Positions supporting maintenance and operations of
infrastructure.
(12) Positions supporting implementation of the Shipyard
Infrastructure Optimization Program.
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