Sec. 3505. NDRF national security multi-mission vessel
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The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall ensure that the Maritime Administrator takes all necessary actions— to complete the design of a national security multi-mission vessel for the National Defense Reserve Fleet to allow for the construction of such vessel to begin in fiscal year 2018; and subject to the availability of appropriations, to have an entity enter into a contract for the construction of such vessel in accordance with this section.
A vessel constructed pursuant to this section shall be 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 in conducting 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 pursuant to this section shall meet the requirements for and be issued a certificate of documentation and a coastwise endorsement under chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code.
Subject to subsection (c), a vessel constructed pursuant to this section shall be constructed using commercial design standards and commercial construction practices that are consistent with the best interests of the Federal Government. The Maritime Administrator may consult and coordinate with the Secretary of the Navy regarding the vessel described in subsection
(a)and activities associated with such vessel. The Maritime Administrator shall provide for an entity other than the Maritime Administration to contract for the construction of the vessel described in subsection (a). Section 109(j)(3) of title 49, United States Code, is repealed.