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[CITE: 10USC7309]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                       CHAPTER 633--NAVAL VESSELS
 
Sec. 7309. Construction of vessels in foreign shipyards: 
        prohibition
        
    (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no vessel to 
be constructed for any of the armed forces, and no major component of 
the hull or superstructure of any such vessel, may be constructed in a 
foreign shipyard.
    (b) Presidential Waiver for National Security Interest.--(1) The 
President may authorize exceptions to the prohibition in subsection (a) 
when the President determines that it is in the national security 
interest of the United States to do so.
    (2) The President shall transmit notice to Congress of any such 
determination, and no contract may be made pursuant to the exception 
authorized until the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on 
which the notice of the determination is received by Congress.
    (c) Exception for Inflatable Boats.--An inflatable boat or a rigid 
inflatable boat, as defined by the Secretary of the Navy, is not a 
vessel for the purpose of the restriction in subsection (a).

(Added Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 824(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1710.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7309, added Pub. L. 97-252, title XI, Sec. 1127(a), 
Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 758; amended Pub. L. 98-473, title I, 
Sec. 101(h) [title VIII, Sec. 8095], Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1904, 1941; 
Pub. L. 99-145, title XIII, Sec. 1303(a)(24)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 
740; Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title XI, Sec. 1103, Dec. 4, 1987, 101 
Stat. 1146; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title XII, Sec. 1224(a), (b)(1), 
Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 2054; Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title XVI, 
Sec. 1622(c)(8), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1604; Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1017, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1459; Pub. L. 102-484, div. 
A, title X, Sec. 1012, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2483, related to 
restrictions on construction and repair of vessels in foreign shipyards, 
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 824(b).

                         Delegation of Authority

    For delegation of authority of President under subsec. (b) of this 
section, see section 3 of Ex. Ord. No. 12765, June 11, 1991, 56 F.R. 
27401, set out as a note under section 113 of this title.
