A bill to amend section 1151 of title 14, United States Code, to modify the restriction on construction of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1577 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1577

 To amend section 1151 of title 14, United States Code, to modify the 
     restriction on construction of Coast Guard vessels in foreign 
                               shipyards.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2025

 Ms. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 1151 of title 14, United States Code, to modify the 
     restriction on construction of Coast Guard vessels in foreign 
                               shipyards.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF RESTRICTION ON CONSTRUCTION OF VESSELS IN 
              FOREIGN SHIPYARDS.

    Section 1151 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Except'' and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(a) In General.--Except''; and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) Exceptions.--
            ``(1) National security interest.--
                    ``(A) In general.--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.
                    ``(B) Notification.--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.
                    ``(C) Certification.--The President may only 
                authorize an exception under this paragraph if the 
                President, in coordination with the Commandant, has 
                certified to Congress that--
                            ``(i) the foreign shipyard concerned is--
                                    ``(I) a member of the North 
                                Atlantic Treaty Organization; or
                                    ``(II) party to an active United 
                                States defense treaty in the Indo-
                                Pacific region;
                            ``(ii) the cost to the United States 
                        Government of using such foreign shipyard for 
                        construction described in subsection (a) is 
                        less than the cost to the United States 
                        Government of using a domestic shipyard for 
                        such construction;
                            ``(iii) the timeline for the design, 
                        construction, and delivery of a vessel or major 
                        component described in subsection (a) from a 
                        domestic shipyard is more than 18 months later 
                        than the timeline for the design, construction, 
                        and delivery of such vessel or major component 
                        from such foreign shipyard; and
                            ``(iv) during the 5-year period ending on 
                        the date on which the certification is 
                        submitted, the foreign shipyard concerned has 
                        demonstrated the capacity to design, construct, 
                        and deliver a vessel capable of performing the 
                        missions specified in section 888(a) of the 
                        Homeland Security Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 
                        468(a))--
                                    ``(I) at a cost to the United 
                                States Government that is less than the 
                                cost of using a domestic shipyard; and
                                    ``(II) within a timeline for 
                                design, construction, and delivery that 
                                is less than 18 months later than such 
                                a timeline from a domestic shipyard.
            ``(2) Acquisition of completed vessel.--The Secretary may 
        acquire from a foreign shipyard a completed vessel if--
                    ``(A) the foreign shipyard is--
                            ``(i) a member of the North Atlantic Treaty 
                        Organization; or
                            ``(ii) party to an active United States 
                        defense treaty in the Indo-Pacific region; and
                    ``(B) the government of the country in which the 
                foreign shipyard is located enters into a warranty 
                agreement with the United States Government with 
                respect to such vessel.''.
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