CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON CONTRACTING FOR SHORT-TERM NAVAL VESSEL REPAIR WORK

SEC. 1101. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON CONTRACTING FOR SHORT-TERM NAVAL VESSEL REPAIR WORK Subsection (d) of section 7299a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(d)(1) Before issuing a solicitation for a contract for short-term work for the overhaul, repair, or maintenance of a naval vessel, the Secretary of the Navy shall determine if there is adequate competition available among firms able to perform the work at the homeport of the vessel. If the Secretary determines that there is adequate competition among such firms, the Secretary— “(A) shall issue such a solicitation only to firms able to perform the work at the homeport of the vessel; and “(B) may not award such contract to a firm other than a firm that will perform the work at the homeport of the vessel. “(2) Paragraph (1) applies notwithstanding subsection (b) or any other provision of law. “(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply— “(A) in the case of voyage repairs; or “(B) in the case of a vessel that is assigned to the Naval Reserve force and homeported on the West Coast of the United States. “(4) In this subsection, the term ‘short-term work’ means work that will be for a period of six months or less.”