A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the construction of naval vessels in shipyards in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries.

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1648 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the construction of naval vessels in shipyards in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 13, 2021 Mr. LEE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the construction of naval vessels in shipyards in North Atlan- tic Treaty Organization countries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. CONSTRUCTION OF NAVAL VESSELS IN SHIP- 3 YARDS IN NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANI- 4 ZATION COUNTRIES. 5 Section 8679 of title 10, United States Code, is 6 amended— 7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 8 (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’; 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:45 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1648.IS S1648 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1648 IS (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub- 1 section (d); and 2 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol- 3 lowing new subsection (c): 4 ‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION OF NAVAL VESSELS IN SHIP- 5 YARDS IN NATO COUNTRIES.—The Secretary of the Navy 6 may construct a naval vessel in a foreign shipyard if— 7 ‘‘(1) the shipyard is located within the bound- 8 aries of a member country of the North Atlantic 9 Treaty Organization; and 10 ‘‘(2) the cost of construction of such vessel in 11 such shipyard will be less than the cost of construc- 12 tion of such vessel in a domestic shipyard.’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:45 May 27, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1648.IS S1648 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS