14-U.S.C.-665

§665 – Restriction On Construction of Vessels In Foreign Shipyards

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Title 14 > Part I > Chapter 17 > Section 665

Details

• Reference: Section 665
• Legend: §665 – Restriction On Construction of Vessels In Foreign Shipyards
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no Coast Guard vessel, and no major component of the hull or superstructure of a Coast Guard vessel, may be constructed in a foreign shipyard.

(b) The President may authorize exceptions to the prohibition in subsection (a) when the President determines that it is in the national security interest of the United States to do so. The President shall transmit notice to Congress of any such determination, and no contract may be made pursuant to the exception authorized until the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date the notice of such determination is received by Congress.

(Added Pub. L. 100–448, §26(a), Sept. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 1847.)

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