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Lauren Underwood: “In section 5 of H.R. 2035 concerning the repair and refurbishment of vessels in U.S. shipyards, the Secretary of the…”

On the recordJuly 15, 1997
In section 5 of H.R. 2035 concerning the repair and refurbishment of vessels in U.S. shipyards, the Secretary of the Navy is compelled to require to the maximum extent possible as a condition of transfer of a vessel to a foreign country that the country have repair or refurbishment of that vessel performed at a shipyard located in the United States. Is it the gentleman's intention that in this provision territories, including a place that the gentleman from New York lived in for a while, Guam, is included in the definition of the United States?
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Lauren Underwood
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing provisions of H.R. 2035 related to vessel repair and refurbishment in U.S. shipyards.

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