S.Amdt. 3886

SA 3886. Mr. McCORMICK 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 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:

Strike section 1012 and insert the following:

SEC. 1012. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
SEALIFT FUND TO PURCHASE CERTAIN USED FOREIGN
CONSTRUCTED VESSELS.

(a) In General.--Section 2218 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (f)--
(A) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``(other than an
excluded vessel)'' after ``any used vessel'';
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``(other than an
excluded vessel)'' after ``a used vessel'';
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the
following new subparagraph (C):
``(C) The Secretary may only use the authority under this
paragraph to purchase more than 10 foreign-constructed
vessels if, for each such vessel so purchased after the tenth
vessel, the Secretary purchases one vessel under paragraph
(4).'';
(iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``subparagraph (A)''
and inserting ``this paragraph''; and
(v) by striking subparagraph (E) and redesignating
subparagraphs (F) and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F),
respectively; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (4):
``(4) A vessel purchased under this paragraph is a vessel--
``(A) purchased using funds in the National Defense Sealift
Fund;
``(B) constructed in a ship yard located in the United
States; and
``(C) the construction of which is managed by a commercial
vessel construction manager.''; and
(2) in subsection (k), by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(6) The term `excluded vessel' means a vessel that was--
``(A) constructed or substantially modified by an entity
located in the People's Republic of China; or
``(B) constructed by a Chinese military company, as such
term is defined in section 1260H(d)(1) of the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).''.
(b) Technical Corrections.--Section 2218 of title 10,
United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is further
amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking ``section 11 of
the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405)'' and
inserting ``section 57100 of title 46'';
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``section 1424(b) of
Public Law 101-510 (104 Stat. 1683)'' and inserting ``section
1424(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 8661 note)''; and
(3) in subsection (k)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``section 1424 of
Public Law 101-510 (104 Stat.

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1683)'' and inserting ``section 1424 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510;
10 U.S.C. 8661 note)''; and
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``section 11 of the
Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405)'' and
inserting ``section 57100 of title 46''.
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