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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smart Ship Repair 
Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘SSRA of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SHORT-TERM WORK FOR PURPOSES 
OF NAVY CONSTRUCTION OF COMBATANT 
AND ESCORT VESSELS AND ASSIGNMENT OF 
VESSEL PROJECTS. 
Section 8669a(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘10 months’’ and inserting ‘‘18 
months’’. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON PRICE DIFFERENTIALS USED IN NAVY 
SHIP REPAIR SOLICITATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations, the Secretary of the Navy shall seek to enter 
into an agreement with a federally funded research and 
development center to conduct a study to assess whether 
relevant price differentials used by the Navy in ship repair 
solicitations accurately reflect the true market value of the 
activity undertaken to complete the repair work involved 
in the absence of any such differential. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) 
shall address all relevant price differentials used by the 
Navy in ship repair solicitations, including— 
(1) the use of Government-owned and operated 
dry docks; 
(2) the use of inter-port differentials; and 
(3) the use of pier differentials. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
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(1) FFRDC REPORT.—The federally funded re-
search and development center that conducts the 
study under subsection (a) shall submit to the Sec-
retary of the Navy a report on the results of the 
study. 
(2) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
September 30, 2025, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees an 
unaltered copy of the report received by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (1) together with a separate 
statement of the views of the Secretary on the re-
sults of the study conducted under subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON NAVY POLICY FOR SOLICITING 
COASTWIDE 
BIDS 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
REPAIR 
AVAILABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 30, 2025, 
the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the policy of the 
Navy for soliciting coastwide bids for repair availabilities 
longer than 10 months. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include an explanation and assessment of each of the 
following: 
(1) The intent of the policy described in sub-
section (a). 
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(2) The data the Navy uses to assess the effi-
cacy of such policy. 
(3) How the Navy estimates the cost of moving 
vessels out of their home port to complete the avail-
ability and the actual cost of moving vessels out of 
their home port to complete the availability. 
(4) How the Navy estimates the financial, labor 
force, member of the Armed Forces and family well- 
being, berthing, and related costs associated with 
moving a vessel out of its home port to complete a 
repair availability longer than 10 months. 
SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 
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