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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 tech-
nology.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. QUALIFIED SHIP REPAIR YARD MODERNIZA-
TION ASSISTANCE.
(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation may use available amounts to make grants to quali-
fied ship repair yards to pay 75 percent of the cost of
acquiring advanced ship repair technology and modern
ship repair technology.
(b) CONDITION OF ASSISTANCE.—As a condition of
receiving a grant under this section, the Secretary shall
require that a qualified ship repair yard provide, in cash
contributions, 25 percent of the costs incurred in acquir-
ing advanced ship repair technology and modern ship re-
pair technology with the grant.
(c) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this section,
the Secretary shall give priority to qualified ship repair
yards for which assistance under this section will permit
the performance of ship repairs more efficiently and in a
manner that is more competitive with foreign ship repair
yards.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) ADVANCED SHIP REPAIR TECHNOLOGY.—
The term ‘‘advanced ship repair technology’’ in-
cludes—
(A) numerically controlled machine tools,
robots, automated process control equipment,
computerized flexible manufacturing systems,
associated computer software, and other tech-
nology for improving ship repair and related in-
dustrial production which advance the state-of-
the-art; and
(B) novel techniques and processes de-
signed to improve ship repair quality, productiv-
ity, and practice, and to promote sustainable
development, 
including 
engineering 
design,
quality assurance, concurrent engineering, con-
tinuous process production technology, energy
efficiency, 
waste 
minimization, 
design 
for
recyclability or parts reuse, inventory manage-
ment, upgraded worker skills, and communica-
tions with customers and suppliers.
(2) MODERN SHIP REPAIR TECHNOLOGY.—The
term ‘‘modern ship repair technology’’ means the
best available proven technology, techniques, and
processes appropriate to enhancing the productivity
of ship repair yards.
(3) QUALIFIED SHIP REPAIR YARD DEFINED.—
The term ‘‘qualified ship repair yard’’ means a ship-
yard located in the United States that meets the eli-
gibility qualification requirements for obtaining and
retaining a Master Ship Repair Agreement with the
United States Navy.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—For
grants under this section there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of Transportation $17,500,000
for fiscal year 1996, to remain available until expended.
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