LIMITATION ON REPAIR OF NAVAL VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS

SEC. 1224. LIMITATION ON REPAIR OF NAVAL VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS (a) In General.—Section 7309 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c)(1) A naval vessel (or any other vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy) the homeport of which is in the United States may not be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United States. “(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of voyage repairs.”. (b) Clerical Amendments.—(1) The heading of that section is amended to read as follows: “§ 7309. Restrictions on construction or repair of vessels in foreign shipyards.”. (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 633 of such title is amended to read as follows: “7309. Restrictions on construction or repair of vessels in foreign shipyards.”. (c) Effective Date.—Subsection (c) of section 7309 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to any contract for overhaul, repair, or maintenance of a vessel that is entered into after the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.