10 U.S.C. § 8693 — Biennial report on shipbuilder training and the defense industrial base

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Every other year through 2026, the Navy must report to Congress on shipbuilder training and hiring. The report analyzes workforce age, skills gaps, new technology, and ways to attract young shipbuilders. The Navy and Labor Department must gather workforce data from private shipyards to support this analysis.

(a) In General — By February 1 of each even-numbered year through 2026, the Secretary of the Navy, working with the Secretary of Labor, must report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees (and the Senate HELP Committee and House Education and Labor Committee) on shipbuilder training and hiring needs for the Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan and industrial-base readiness. Each report must include: (1) an estimate of the time and investment needed for new shipbuilders to gain skill in specific trades, including details tied to the ship classes in the 30-year plan; (2) an analysis of the shipbuilding workforce's age and years of experience; (3) an analysis of the challenges of building and keeping shipbuilding skills where mid-level experienced workers are lacking; (4) recommendations for handling training during workforce transitions and changing fleet needs, matching the Navy's latest Integrated Force Structure Assessment; (5) an analysis of whether new technologies, like augmented reality, could help train new shipbuilders; (6) recommendations for attracting young people into defense shipbuilding and building their skills; and (7) an analysis of how multi-year procurement contracts might help stabilize the shipbuilding industrial base. (b) Solicitation and Analysis of Information — To do the (a)(2) analysis, the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of Labor must: (1) ask private shipyards in the industrial base for workforce age and experience data; and (2) analyze that data for findings relevant to (a)(2), including current and projected workforce needs and readiness.

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(a)In General.—

Not later than February 1 of each even-numbered year until 2026, the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives a report on shipbuilder training and hiring requirements necessary to achieve the Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan and to maintain the shipbuilding readiness of the defense industrial base. Each such report shall include each of the following:

(1)

An analysis and estimate of the time and investment required for new shipbuilders to gain proficiency in particular shipbuilding occupational specialties, including detailed information about the occupational specialty requirements necessary for construction of naval surface ship and submarine classes to be included in the Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan.

(2)

An analysis of the age demographics and occupational experience level (measured in years of experience) of the shipbuilding defense industrial workforce.

(3)

An analysis of the potential time and investment challenges associated with developing and retaining shipbuilding skills in organizations that lack intermediate levels of shipbuilding experience.

(4)

Recommendations concerning how to address shipbuilder training during periods of demographic transition and evolving naval fleet architecture consistent with the Navy’s most recent Integrated Force Structure Assessment.

(5)

An analysis of whether emerging technologies, such as augmented reality, may aid in new shipbuilder training.

(6)

Recommendations concerning how to encourage young adults to enter the defense shipbuilding industry and to develop the skills necessary to support the shipbuilding defense industrial base.

(7)

An analysis of the potential benefits of multi-year procurement contracting for the stability of the shipbuilding defense industrial base.

(b)Solicitation and Analysis of Information.—

In order to carry out subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of Labor shall—

(1)

solicit information regarding the age demographics and occupational experience level from the private shipyards of the shipbuilding defense industrial base; and

(2)

analyze such information for findings relevant to carrying out subsection (a)(2), including findings related to the current and projected defense shipbuilding workforce, current and projected labor needs, and the readiness of the current and projected workforce to supply the proficiencies analyzed in subsection (a)(1).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1026(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3843, § 8692; renumbered § 8693 and amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title X, § 1015, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1894.)

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2021Enacted · Pub. L. 116-283 · 134 Stat. 3843
2021Amended · Pub. L. 117-81 · 135 Stat. 1894

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