S.Amdt. 3318

SA 3318. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department

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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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1067. EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION OF COAST
GUARD VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS.

(a) In General.--Subsection (b) of section 1151 of title
14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(b)(1) The President may authorize exceptions to the
prohibition in subsection (a) when the President determines
that it is in the national security interest of the United
States to do so, provided that--
``(A) the foreign shipyard concerned is located in a North
Atlantic Treaty Organization member country or a country in
the Indo-Pacific region that is party to a mutual defense
treaty with the United States; and
``(B) the cost of the construction concerned is less than
the cost would be if such construction occurred in a domestic
shipyard.
``(2) The President shall transmit notice to Congress of
any such determination, and no contract may be made pursuant
to the exception authorized until the end of the 30-day
period beginning on the date the notice of such determination
is received by Congress.
``(3) Before the construction of a Coast Guard vessel, or a
major component of the hull or superstructure of a Coast
Guard vessel, may commence at a foreign shipyard pursuant to
this subsection, the Commandant shall submit to Congress a
certification that the foreign shipyard is not owned or
operated by a Chinese company or a multinational company
domiciled in the People's Republic of China.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8679(a) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``and section
1151(b) of title 14'' after ``in subsection (b)''.
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