MODIFICATION OF REPORT ON MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS.

SEC. 344. MODIFICATION OF REPORT ON MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS. Section 7310(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in paragraph (3)—(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “The report” and inserting the following: “Except as provided in paragraph (4), the report”; and(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after “justification under law” the following: “and operational justification”;(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4):“(4) In the case of a covered vessel described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (5), the report shall not be required to include the information described in subparagraphs (A), (E), (F), (G), and (I) of paragraph (3).”; and(4) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section, by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(C) A vessel not described in subparagraph (A) or (B) that is operated pursuant to a contract entered into by the Secretary of the Navy and the Maritime Administration or 126 STAT. 1701 the United States Transportation Command in support of Department of Defense operations.”.