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Title XVIII: Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base

Sec. 1837Enhanced domestic content requirement for shipbuilding programs

TL;DR

Amends existing law relating to enhanced domestic content requirement for shipbuilding programs.

Statutory text

Section 835(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 118—31; 137 Stat. 338; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4201) is amended—(1)in paragraph

(4) (B), by inserting except as provided in paragraph (5), before shall not apply; and(2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

(5) Exclusion for shipbuilding programs. Paragraph

(4) (B) shall not apply to manufactured articles procured in connection with a shipbuilding program..