Sec. 1020. Evaluation of sites for shipbuilding and ship repair
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall delegate to the Direct Reporting Program Manager of the Maritime Industrial Base Program primary responsibility for defining the requirements for evaluating sites to meet the capacity and needs of the Navy for shipbuilding and repair. Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary delegates to the Program Manager under paragraph (1), the Program Manager shall establish evaluation requirements to be applied to sites being considered as sites for private or public shipyards and other defense-production capabilities.
In establishing such requirements, the Program Manager shall consider— the objective of accelerating United States shipbuilding efforts in both naval and civilian fleets; how establishing or augmenting a site at an evaluated site could help meet Navy shipbuilding and ship repair requirements; whether a single site, smaller and more dispersed sites, or both would be optimal for augmenting shipbuilding and ship repair; whether the best approach to meeting the timeline and capacity requirements for shipbuilding and ship repair would be constructing new sites, using existing infrastructure, or both; and whether a site meets the criteria under subsection (b).
The criteria under this subsection with respect to a site are that the site— has the amount of space necessary to meet Navy requirements; has adequate transportation infrastructure, such as road and rail access, or that such infrastructure can reasonably be provided at the site; has a readily available technical and manual skilled workforce for naval and commercial ship building, ship repair, and advanced manufacturing activities; is geographically close to local institutions that can facilitate workforce development, including higher education and technical training and apprenticeships; has private partners that are interested and able to undertake the development of a shipyard at the site; possesses deep water construction and draft capabilities, as required by the Navy, to construct or repair vessels identified in Navy shipbuilding and ship repair requirements; is in close proximity to existing Department facilities and personnel; and such other criteria as the Program Manager determines appropriate.
Not later than one year after the date on which the Program Manager establishes the evaluation requirements under subsection (b), the Program Manager shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— a list of sites that meet the evaluation requirements; or a certification that no site exists that meets such requirements.