Sec. 3507. REQUIREMENT FOR SMALL SHIPYARD GRANTEES
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## SEC. 3507 REQUIREMENT FOR SMALL SHIPYARD GRANTEES ###
(a)In General Section 54101(d) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)by striking “ Grants awarded ” and inserting the following: > > #### “(1) In general > > Grants awarded” > ; and ####
(2)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(2) Buy america > > > ##### “(A) In general > > Subject to subparagraph (B), no funds may be obligated by the Administrator of the Maritime Administration under this section, unless each product and material purchased with those funds (including products and materials purchased by a grantee), and including any commercially available off-the-shelf item, is— > > > ###### “(i) > > an unmanufactured article, material, or supply that has been mined or produced in the United States; or > > > ###### “(ii) > > a manufactured article, material, or supply that has been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. > > > ##### “(B) Exceptions > > > ###### “(i) In general > > Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the requirements of that subparagraph shall not apply with respect to a particular product or material if the Administrator determines— > > > ###### “(I) > > that the application of those requirements would be inconsistent with the public interest; > > > ###### “(II) > > that such product or material is not available in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities, of a satisfactory quality, or on a timely basis; or > > > ###### “(III) > > that inclusion of a domestic product or material will increase the cost of that product or material by more than 25 percent, with respect to a certain contract between a grantee and that grantee’s supplier. > > > ###### “(ii) Federal register > > A determination made by the Administrator under this subparagraph shall be published in the Federal Register. > > > ##### “(C) Definitions > > ln this paragraph: > > > ###### “(i) > > The term ‘commercially available off-the-shelf item’ means— > > > ###### “(I) > > any item of supply (including construction material) that is— > > > ###### “(aa) > > a commercial item, as defined by section 2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020); and > > > ###### “(bb) > > sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and > > > ###### “(II) > > does not include bulk cargo, as defined in section 40102(4) of this title, such as agricultural products and petroleum products. > > > ###### “(ii) > > The term ‘product or material’ means an article, material, or supply brought to the site by the recipient for incorporation into the building, work, or project. The term also includes an item brought to the site preassembled from articles, materials, or supplies. However, emergency life safety systems, such as emergency lighting, fire alarm, and audio evacuation systems, that are discrete systems incorporated into a public building or work and that are produced as complete systems, are evaluated as a single and distinct construction material regardless of when or how the individual parts or components of those systems are delivered to the construction site. > > > ###### “(iii) > > The term ‘United States’ includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.” > . ###
(b)Authorization of Appropriations Section 54101(i) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)by striking “2018, 2019, and 2020” and inserting “2020 and 2021”; and ####
(2)by striking “$35,000,000” and inserting “$40,000,000”. ###
(c)Notification of Committees of Certain Proposed Obligations The first section of Public Law 85-804 (50 U.S.C. 1431) is amended, in the third sentence, by inserting “and in addition, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate with respect to contracts, or modifications or amendments to contracts, or advance payments proposed to be made under this section by the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating with respect to the acquisition of Coast Guard cutters or aircraft,” after “House of Representatives”.
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