[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4530 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4530

 To authorize an exception to the restriction on construction of Coast 
    Guard vessels in foreign shipyards for certain construction in 
  shipyards in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2024

    Mr. Lee 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 authorize an exception to the restriction on construction of Coast 
    Guard vessels in foreign shipyards for certain construction in 
  shipyards in North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries, 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 ``Ensuring Coast Guard Readiness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTION ON CONSTRUCTION OF COAST GUARD VESSELS 
              IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION IN 
              SHIPYARDS IN NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION MEMBER 
              COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1151 of title 14, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection (b)'' and 
        inserting ``subsections (b) and (c)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
construction otherwise covered by that subsection if--
            ``(A) the foreign shipyard concerned is located in--
                    ``(i) a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member 
                country; or
                    ``(ii) a country in the Indo-Pacific region that is 
                party to a mutual defense treaty with 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) 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 under 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(c) of title 
14'' after ``in subsection (b)''.
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