PROCUREMENT LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EQUIPMENT FOR NAVAL VESSELS

SEC. 1421. PROCUREMENT LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN EQUIPMENT FOR NAVAL VESSELS Section 2507 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 835, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) Air Circuit Breakers.— (1) The Secretary of Defense may not procure air circuit breakers for naval vessels unless— “(A) the air circuit breakers are produced or manufactured in the United States; and “(B) substantially all of the components of the air circuit breakers are produced or manufactured in the United States. “(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), substantially all of the components of air circuit breakers shall be considered to be produced or manufactured in the United States if the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components produced or manufactured outside the United States. “(3) Paragraph (1) does not prevent the procurement of spares and repair parts needed to support air circuit breakers produced or manufactured outside the United States. “(4) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis with respect to any procurement if the Secretary determines that carrying out a proposed procurement in accordance with the limitation in that case— “(A) is not in the national security interests of the United States; “(B) will have an adverse effect on a United States company; or “(C) will result in procurement from a United States company that, with respect to the sale of air circuit breakers, fails to comply with applicable Government procurement regulations or the antitrust laws of the United States. “(5) Whenever the Secretary proposes to grant a waiver under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall submit a notice of the proposed waiver, together with a statement of the reasons for the proposed waiver, to the Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. The waiver may then be granted only after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the notice is received by those committees.”.