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10 U.S.C. § 8679 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 10. Armed Forces § 8679. Construction of vessels in foreign shipyards: prohibition

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no vessel to be constructed for any of the armed forces, and no major component of the hull or superstructure of any such vessel, may be constructed in a foreign shipyard.

(b) Presidential waiver for national security interest.--(1) The President may authorize exceptions to the prohibition in subsection (a) when the President determines that it is in the national security interest of the United States to do so.

(2) The President shall transmit notice to Congress of any such determination, and no contract may be made pursuant to the exception authorized until the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the notice of the determination is received by Congress.

(c) Exception for inflatable boats.--An inflatable boat or a rigid inflatable boat, as defined by the Secretary of the Navy, is not a vessel for the purpose of the restriction in subsection (a).

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