REPORT ON LEASING OF VESSELS TO MEET NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 1016. REPORT ON LEASING OF VESSELS TO MEET NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT REQUIREMENTS.(a) Report Requirement.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate by no later than March 1, 2006, a report on leasing (including chartering) of vessels by the Department of Defense to meet national defense sealift requirements, including leasing under sections 2401 and 2401a of title 10, United States Code.(b) Matters to Be Included.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following:(1) A description of—(A) the portion of national defense sealift requirements that, during the 3-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, was met through leasing of vessels; (B) the portion of such requirements that was met during that period through use of vessels owned by the United States; and(C) for each of the portions described under subparagraph (A) and (B), a description of the number of each type of vessel used to meet such requirements, including roll-on/roll-off vessels, dry bulk carriers, oilers, and other vessel types. (2) With respect to vessels that were leased in the 3-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act—(A) a listing of such vessels;(B) identification of the country in which each vessel was constructed or reconstructed;(C) identification of the country under the laws of which each vessel is documented;(D) with respect to periods during which each vessel was operated under lease to the Department of Defense, identification of the routes on which each vessel operated and the ports at which each vessel called;(E) the terms of the lease for each vessel that govern—(i) amounts required to be paid by the United States;(ii) the length of the lease term;(iii) maintenance, repair, and alteration, including provisions regarding—(I) alterations required under the lease; and119 STAT. 3425(II) qualified maintenance or repair of the vessel in a foreign shipyard or foreign ship repair facility; and(iv) where alterations or qualified maintenance or repair may be performed; and(F) a description of qualified maintenance or repair that was performed on each vessel in the 3-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, including—(i) the amounts paid by the lessor for such work; and(ii) identification of whether such work was performed in the United States or in a foreign country.(3) Estimation of any increase in total costs that would have been incurred by the United States if qualified maintenance or repair that was performed on leased vessels in the 3-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act were required to be performed in the United States.(4) Other impacts to the economy of the United States if qualified maintenance or repair that was performed on leased vessels in the 3-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act were required to be performed in the United States.(c) Qualified Maintenance or Repair Defined.—In this section the term “qualified maintenance or repair”—(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), means—(A) any inspection of a vessel that is—(i) required under chapter 33 of title 46, United States Code; and(ii) performed in a period in which the vessel is under lease by the Department of Defense;(B) any maintenance or repair of a vessel that is determined, in the course of an inspection referred to in subparagraph (A), to be necessary to comply with the laws of the United States; and(C) any routine maintenance or repair; and(2) does not include any emergency work that is necessary to enable a vessel to return to a port in the United States.