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HR 3303 103th Congress House

American Shipyard Worker Protection Act

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Department of the Navy from contracting for long-term scheduled ship maintenance work to be performed ou… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Department of the Navy from contracting for long-term scheduled ship maintenance work to be performed outside the United States unless a certification is made to Congress.

Introduced: January 25, 1994 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 103rd Congress ended
It never became law before the 103rd Congress (1993–1994) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 21, 1993
Executive Comment Requested from Navy.
Oct 21, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Oct 19, 1993
Introduced in House
Oct 19, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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 Latest action October 21, 1993

Executive Comment Requested from Navy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Shipyard Worker Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Navy from contracting with a shipyard outside the United States for long-term scheduled maintenance work on a naval vessel unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate congressional committees in advance that there is a compelling economic reason for doing so.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 25, 1994
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jan 25, 1994
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3303: American Shipyard Worker Protection Act. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3303/
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"H.R. 3303: American Shipyard Worker Protection Act." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3303/.
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H.R. 3303, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3303/.
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