LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF WELDED SHIPBOARD ANCHOR AND MOORING CHAIN FOR NAVAL VESSELS.

SEC. 816. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF WELDED SHIPBOARD ANCHOR AND MOORING CHAIN FOR NAVAL VESSELS. Section 2534 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(F) Welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain.” ; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “A manufacturer” and inserting “(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a manufacturer”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) A manufacturer of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain for naval vessels meets the requirements of this subsection if the manufacturer is part of the national technology and industrial base.” .