§ 665. — Restriction on construction of vessels in foreign shipyards.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC665]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 17--ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 665. Restriction on construction of vessels in foreign
shipyards
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no Coast Guard vessel, and
no major component of the hull or superstructure of a Coast Guard
vessel, may be constructed in a foreign shipyard.
(b) 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. 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 the notice of such determination is
received by Congress.
(Added Pub. L. 100-448, Sec. 26(a), Sept. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 1847.)
