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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 348

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to use available amounts to

make grants to qualified ship repair yards to pay 75 percent of the

cost of acquiring advanced ship repair technology and modern ship repair

technology.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1995

Mr. PICKETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to use available

amounts to make grants to qualified ship repair yards

to pay 75 percent of the cost of acquiring advanced

ship repair technology and modern ship repair technology.

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

3 SECTION 1. QUALIFIED SHIP REPAIR YARD MODERNIZA4 TION ASSISTANCE.

5 (a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Transpor6 tation may use available amounts to make grants to quali-
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1 fied ship repair yards to pay 75 percent of the cost of

2 acquiring advanced ship repair technology and modern

3 ship repair technology.

4 (b) CONDITION OF ASSISTANCE.—As a condition of

5 receiving a grant under this section, the Secretary shall

6 require that a qualified ship repair yard provide, in cash

7 contributions, 25 percent of the costs incurred in acquir8 ing advanced ship repair technology and modern ship re9 pair technology with the grant.

10 (c) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this section,

11 the Secretary shall give priority to qualified ship repair

12 yards for which assistance under this section will permit

13 the performance of ship repairs more efficiently and in a

14 manner that is more competitive with foreign ship repair

15 yards.

16 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:

17 (1) ADVANCED SHIP REPAIR TECHNOLOGY.—

18 The term ‘‘advanced ship repair technology’’ in19 cludes—

20 (A) numerically controlled machine tools,

21 robots, automated process control equipment,

22 computerized flexible manufacturing systems,

23 associated computer software, and other tech24 nology for improving ship repair and related in-
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1 dustrial production which advance the state-of2 the-art; and

3 (B) novel techniques and processes de4 signed to improve ship repair quality, productiv5 ity, and practice, and to promote sustainable

6 development, including engineering design,

7 quality assurance, concurrent engineering, con8 tinuous process production technology, energy

9 efficiency, waste minimization, design for

10 recyclability or parts reuse, inventory manage11 ment, upgraded worker skills, and communica12 tions with customers and suppliers.

13 (2) MODERN SHIP REPAIR TECHNOLOGY.—The

14 term ‘‘modern ship repair technology’’ means the

15 best available proven technology, techniques, and

16 processes appropriate to enhancing the productivity

17 of ship repair yards.

18 (3) QUALIFIED SHIP REPAIR YARD DEFINED.—

19 The term ‘‘qualified ship repair yard’’ means a ship20 yard located in the United States that meets the eli21 gibility qualification requirements for obtaining and

22 retaining a Master Ship Repair Agreement with the

23 United States Navy.

24 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For

25 grants under this section there are authorized to be appro-
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1 priated to the Secretary of Transportation $17,500,000

2 for fiscal year 1996, to remain available until expended.

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