Sec. 3506. NDRF national security multi-mission vessel
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Subject to the availability of appropriations for fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Maritime Administrator shall seek to contract for construction of a national security multi-mission vessel for the National Defense Reserve Fleet for— use as a training vessel that can be provided to State maritime academies, under section 51504(b) of title 46, United States Code; and humanitarian assistance, disaster response, domestic and foreign emergency contingency operations, and other authorized uses of vessels of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
A vessel constructed under this section shall— be constructed in a private United States shipyard; be constructed in accordance with designs approved by the Maritime Administrator; and meet— the safety requirements of the Coast Guard as a documented vessel; and the content standards of the Coast Guard to qualify the vessel for a coastwise endorsement as if such vessel were a privately owned and operated commercial vessel; and be documented under section 12103 of title 46, United States Code.
Subject to subsection (b), construction of a vessel under this section shall use commercial design standards and commercial construction practices that are consistent with the best interests of the Federal Government. The Maritime Administrator shall enter into a contract or other agreement with the Secretary of the Navy under which the Navy shall act as general agent for the Maritime Administration for purposes of construction of a vessel under this section. The Maritime Administrator may contract on a reimbursable basis with other Federal entities for goods and services in connection with this section and other associated future activities.
Any contractor selected by the Maritime Administration through its general agent to construct the vessel under
(a)shall be an entity established under the laws of the United States or of a State, commonwealth, or territory of the United States, that during the five-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, either directly or through a subsidiary, completed the construction of a vessel in excess of 10,000 gross tons and documented under section 12103 of title 46, United States Code. Section 109(j)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is repealed.