CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING, AND EQUIPPING OF NAVAL VESSELS.

SEC. 815. CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING, AND EQUIPPING OF NAVAL VESSELS. (a) Applicability of Certain Law.— Chapter 633 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7297 the following: “§ 7299. Contracts: applicability of Walsh-Healey Act “Each contract for the construction, alteration, furnishing, or equipping of a naval vessel is subject to the Walsh-Healey Act (41 U.S.C. 35 et seq.) unless the President determines that this requirement is not in the interest of national defense.”. (b) Clerical Amendment.— The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7297 the following: “7299. Contracts: applicability of Walsh-Healey Act.“.