Protecting Public Naval Shipyards Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2648 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2648

 To prohibit reductions in the workforce at public shipyards, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2025

   Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. King) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit reductions in the workforce at public shipyards, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Public Naval Shipyards 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REDUCING THE WORKFORCE AT PUBLIC SHIPYARDS.

    (a) In General.--The workforce at public shipyards and any other 
positions at a public shipyard not specified in subsection (b) shall be 
exempt from any hiring freezes or workforce reductions related to 
spending cuts, reprogramming of funds, or the probationary status of 
employees.
    (b) 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.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to restrict the authority of the Secretary of Defense to manage the 
workforce of the Department of Defense under existing procedures in 
cases of misconduct or poor performance.
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