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Senate Adds ‘Buy America’ Amendment For Navy Ship Components To NDAA, Set To Pass Bill Next Week

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, July 21st, 2023

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Senate Adds ‘Buy America’ Amendment For Navy Ship Components To NDAA, Set To Pass Bill Next Week

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin met with female Peshmerga officers at the Kurdistan Coordination Center, in Erbil, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kahlil Dash)

The Senate has adopted an amendment to its version of the next defense policy bill requiring that by 2033 certain components on new ships the Navy purchases be built entirely with domestically-produced materials. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s (D-Wis.) measure to ramp up the “Buy America” mandate for Navy ship components was adopted to the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act by voice vote on Thursday, with the Senate on track to take up final passage of the bill next week.…

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