Sec. 325. PRIVATE SECTOR PORT LOADING ASSESSMENT

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## SEC. 325 PRIVATE SECTOR PORT LOADING ASSESSMENT ###

(a)Assessments Required During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date of the final briefing under subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy shall conduct quarterly assessments of naval ship maintenance and loading activities carried out by private sector entities at each covered port. ###

(b)Elements of Assessments Each assessment under subsection

(a)shall include, with respect to each covered port, the following: ####

(1)Resources per day, including daily ship availabilities and the workforce available to carry out maintenance and loading activities, for the fiscal year preceding the quarter covered by the assessment through the end of such quarter. ####

(2)Projected resources per day, including daily ship availabilities and the workforce available to carry out maintenance and loading activities, through the end of the second fiscal year beginning after the quarter covered by the assessment. ####

(3)A description of the methods by which the Secretary communicates projected workloads to private sector entities engaged in ship maintenance activities and ship loading activities. ####

(4)A description of any processes that have been implemented to allow for timely feedback from private sector entities engaged in ship maintenance activities and ship loading activities. ###

(c)Briefings Required Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on a quarterly basis thereafter until September 30, 2021, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives (and other congressional defense committees on request)— ####

(1)a briefing on the results of the assessments conducted under subsection (a); and ####

(2)a chart depicting the information described in paragraphs

(1)and

(2)of subsection

(b)with respect to each covered port. ###

(d)Covered Ports In this section, the term “covered ports” means port facilities used by the Department of Defense in each of the following locations: ####

(1)Mayport, Florida. ####

(2)Norfolk, Virginia. ####

(3)Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ####

(4)Puget Sound, Washington. ####

(5)San Diego, California.