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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8054 

To ensure fairness and transparency in the processes used by the Navy 

to award contracts for ship maintenance and repair, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 17, 2024 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To ensure fairness and transparency in the processes used 

by the Navy to award contracts for ship maintenance 

and repair, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smart Ship Repair 

5 Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘SSRA of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SHORT-TERM WORK FOR PURPOSES 

2 OF NAVY CONSTRUCTION OF COMBATANT 

3 AND ESCORT VESSELS AND ASSIGNMENT OF 

4 VESSEL PROJECTS. 

5 Section 8669a(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code, 

6 is amended by striking ‘‘10 months’’ and inserting ‘‘18 

7 months’’. 

8 SEC. 3. STUDY ON PRICE DIFFERENTIALS USED IN NAVY 

9 SHIP REPAIR SOLICITATIONS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap11 propriations, the Secretary of the Navy shall seek to enter 

12 into an agreement with a federally funded research and 

13 development center to conduct a study to assess whether 

14 relevant price differentials used by the Navy in ship repair 

15 solicitations accurately reflect the true market value of the 

16 activity undertaken to complete the repair work involved 

17 in the absence of any such differential. 

18 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) 

19 shall address all relevant price differentials used by the 

20 Navy in ship repair solicitations, including— 

21 (1) the use of Government-owned and operated 

22 dry docks; 

23 (2) the use of inter-port differentials; and 

24 (3) the use of pier differentials. 

25 (c) REPORTS.— 


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1 (1) FFRDC REPORT.—The federally funded re2 search and development center that conducts the 

3 study under subsection (a) shall submit to the Sec4 retary of the Navy a report on the results of the 

5 study. 

6 (2) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

7 September 30, 2025, the Secretary of the Navy shall 

8 submit to the congressional defense committees an 

9 unaltered copy of the report received by the Sec10 retary under paragraph (1) together with a separate 

11 statement of the views of the Secretary on the re12 sults of the study conducted under subsection (a). 

13 SEC. 4. REPORT ON NAVY POLICY FOR SOLICITING 

14 COASTWIDE BIDS FOR CERTAIN REPAIR 

15 AVAILABILITIES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 30, 2025, 

17 the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congres18 sional defense committees a report on the policy of the 

19 Navy for soliciting coastwide bids for repair availabilities 

20 longer than 10 months. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 

22 shall include an explanation and assessment of each of the 

23 following: 

24 (1) The intent of the policy described in sub25 section (a). 


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1 (2) The data the Navy uses to assess the effi2 cacy of such policy. 

3 (3) How the Navy estimates the cost of moving 

4 vessels out of their home port to complete the avail5 ability and the actual cost of moving vessels out of 

6 their home port to complete the availability. 

7 (4) How the Navy estimates the financial, labor 

8 force, member of the Armed Forces and family well9 being, berthing, and related costs associated with 

10 moving a vessel out of its home port to complete a 

11 repair availability longer than 10 months. 

12 SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. 

13 In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit14 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

15 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 

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