Smart Ship Repair Act of 2023

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4526 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4526 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 July 10, 2023 Mr. Peters 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 Representatives 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 2023''. SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF GOVERNMENT-OPERATED DRYDOCKS. The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that no Government-operated drydock is eligible to compete for the award of a contract for private sector non-nuclear surface ship maintenance unles…