Sec. 315. Waiver of navigation and vessel inspection laws
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Section 501(a) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— by striking On request and inserting the following: On request ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 24 hours after making a request under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Armed Services of the Senate a written explanation of the circumstances requiring such a waiver in the interest of national defense, including a confirmation that there are insufficient qualified vessels to meet the needs of national defense without such a waiver. .