Division A · Title XVIII: Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base · Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Defense Industrial Base Manufacturing
The section changes the rules about how much of the materials used in defense shipbuilding programs must come from domestic sources. It exempts shipbuilding programs from a specific domestic content requirement that applies to other defense procurement programs. This means certain domestic content rules do not apply when buying materials for shipbuilding.
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in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting except as provided in paragraph (5), before shall not apply ; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Paragraph (4)(B) shall not apply to manufactured articles procured in connection with a shipbuilding program.