Sec. 124. LIMITATION ON USE OF SOLE-SOURCE SHIPBUILDING CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN VESSELS

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## SEC. 124 LIMITATION ON USE OF SOLE-SOURCE SHIPBUILDING CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN VESSELS ###

(a)Limitation None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2017, fiscal year 2018, or fiscal year 2019 for joint high speed vessels or expeditionary fast transports may be used to enter into or prepare to enter into a contract on a sole-source basis for the construction of such vessels or transports unless the Secretary of the Navy submits to the congressional defense committees the certification described in subsection

(b)and the report described in subsection (c). ###

(b)Certification The certification described in this subsection is a certification by the Secretary of the Navy that— ####

(1)awarding a contract for the construction of one or more joint high speed vessels or expeditionary fast transports on a sole-source basis is in the national security interests of the United States; ####

(2)the construction of the vessels or transports will not result in exceeding the requirement for the ship class, as described in the most recent Navy force structure assessment; ####

(3)the contract will be a fixed-price contract; ####

(4)the price of the contract will be fair and reasonable, as determined by the service acquisition executive of the Navy; and ####

(5)the contract will provide for the United States to have Government purpose rights in the data for the ship design. ###

(c)Report The report described in this subsection is a report that includes— ####

(1)an explanation of the rationale for awarding a contract for the construction of joint high speed vessels or expeditionary fast transports on a sole-source basis; and ####

(2)a description of— #####

(A)actions that may be carried out to ensure that, if additional ships in the class are procured after the award of the contract referred to in paragraph (1), the contracts for the ships shall be awarded using competitive procedures; and #####

(B)with respect to each such action, an implementation schedule and any associated cost savings, as compared to a contract awarded on a sole-source basis.