Sec. 323. Pilot program for performance of maintenance and repair on forward-deployed naval force ships in foreign shipyards
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary authorizes the performance of maintenance and repair on forward-deployed naval force ships in foreign shipyards during scheduled maintenance and repair exercises (in this section referred to as the pilot program ). The Secretary of the Navy shall design the pilot program to exercise the Ship Wartime Repair and Maintenance program of the Navy.
The requirement to carry out the pilot program shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date on which the Secretary of the Navy establishes the pilot program. Not later than December 1 of each year in which the pilot program is carried out, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report summarizing the actions taken under the pilot program during the preceding year, including information on how the pilot program is— effectively exercising the Ship Wartime Repair and Maintenance program of the Navy; impacting the workforce at shipyards in the United States; impacting the workforce at the Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center; and impacting quality of life for sailors assigned to forward-deployed naval force ships.