14 U.S.C. § 665 : US Code - Section 665: Restriction on construction of vessels in foreign shipyards

Search 14 U.S.C. § 665 : US Code - Section 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.