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Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD)

S.Amdt. 6592

S.Amdt. 6592 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors

Changes S. 4784 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

Offered

Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

SA 6592, submitted by Ms. Alsobrooks, aims to add a section to bill S. 4784 regarding a Navy-Coast Guard Maritime Workforce and Capacity Coordination Plan.

The amendment proposes the following changes and requirements:

  • Coordination Mechanism: The Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard must create a recurring way to align maritime industrial workforce requirements and capacity planning within 180 days of the Act.

  • Quarterly Meetings: The Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Coast Guard must meet at least once per quarter to:

    • Identify workforce and capacity needs for shipbuilding, ship repair, maintenance, sustainment, and related activities.
    • Find overlaps, competition, or resource constraints that could hurt the ability of either service to meet requirements.
    • Look for opportunities to coordinate training pipelines, workforce development, and industrial base investments.
    • Find ways to reduce duplication and improve coordination in shared industrial sectors.

  • 10-Year Plan: A joint report containing a 10-year maritime workforce and capacity plan must be submitted to specific congressional committees within one year of the Act and every two years after that. This plan must include:

    • Projected workforce requirements for critical supplier sectors, maintenance, sustainment, ship repair, and shipbuilding.
    • Anticipated requirements and demand signals for private and public shipyards and industrial base participants.
    • An assessment of risks, shortages, and workforce gaps.
    • Identification of competing demands for supplier capacity, infrastructure, or labor.
    • Recommendations to improve coordination and mitigate constraints.
    • An assessment of how to give industry more predictability regarding future capacity and workforce requirements.

  • Briefing: A briefing on the plan must be provided to the appropriate congressional committees within 30 days of submitting the report.