LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF TAGS VESSELS.

SEC. 126. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF TAGS VESSELS. (a) Limitation.— The Secretary of the Navy may not obligate funds for any of the vessels designated as TAGS–63, TAGS–64, or TAGS–65 unless the Secretary certifies to Congress that the multibeam sonars to be used on those vessels (whether new or remanufactured) have been obtained through the use of competitive acquisition procedures. (b) National Security Waiver.— The Secretary of the Navy may waive the limitation in subsection (a) for reasons of national security. Such a waiver may not take effect until the Secretary submits to Congress a report giving notice of the waiver and an explanation of the national security reasons for the waiver.