This bill lets the President allow some U.S. Coast Guard vessels, or major hull or superstructure parts, to be built at foreign shipyards in certain cases. The President may authorize an exception when the President determines it is in the national security interest of the United States. The bill requires that the foreign shipyard be in a NATO member country or in an Indo‑Pacific country that is a party to a mutual defense treaty with the United States, and that the foreign construction cost less than building the same work in a domestic shipyard.
The President must notify Congress of any such determination and contracts cannot be made until 30 days after Congress receives that notice. Before work begins at a foreign shipyard under this rule, the Commandant of the Coast Guard must certify to Congress that the foreign shipyard is not owned or operated by a Chinese company or by a multinational company domiciled in the People’s Republic of China. The bill also makes a conforming change to a related defense procurement provision in title 10 of the U.S. Code.
If enacted, some Coast Guard vessels or major components could be built abroad when the bill’s conditions are met. Congress would receive notice and has a 30‑day period before contracts may proceed. The Coast Guard must certify there is no Chinese ownership or operation of the chosen foreign shipyard.
The bill requires each foreign construction project to cost less than the equivalent domestic construction. No publicly available information on the bill’s overall cost or broader budgetary effects.
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