---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2219"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2219"
heading: "Grants for improvement of Navy ship repair or alterations capability"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2219"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 131 — Planning and Coordination"
---

# §2219. Grants for improvement of Navy ship repair or alterations capability

- (a) **Assistance Authorized.—**
  - (1) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the Navy may make grants to an [eligible entity](/usc/10/4951.md?p=1) for the purpose of carrying out—
    - (A) a capital improvement project; or
    - (B) a maritime [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) designed to foster technical skills and operational productivity.
  - (2) The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) funded by the grant.
  - (3) A grant provided under this section may not be used to construct buildings or other physical [facilities](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2), except for piers, dry docks, and structures in support of piers and dry docks, or to acquire land.
  - (4) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) may not award a grant to an [eligible entity](/usc/10/4951.md?p=1) under this section unless the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) determines that—
    - (A) the entity has access to sufficient non-Federal funding to meet the requirement under [paragraph (2)](#a-2);
    - (B) the entity has authority to carry out the proposed project; and
    - (C) the project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) would improve—
      - (i) efficiency, competitive operations, capability, or quality of [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Navy ship repair or alterations; or
      - (ii) employee, or potential employee, skills and enhanced productivity related to [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Navy ship repair or alterations.
- (b) **Eligibility.—** To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall—
  - (1) be a shipyard or other entity that provides ship repair or alteration for non-nuclear ships;
  - (2) submit an application, at such time, in such form, and containing such information and assurances as the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) may require, including a comprehensive description of—
    - (A) the need for the project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) proposed to be funded under the grant;
    - (B) the methodology to be used to implement the project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1); and
    - (C) any existing [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) or arrangements that could be used to supplement or leverage a grant provided under this section; and
  - (3) enter into an agreement with the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) under which the entity agrees—
    - (A) to complete the project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) funded by the grant within a certain timeframe and without unreasonable delay and the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) determines such project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) is likely to be completed within the timeframe provided in such agreement;
    - (B) to return to the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) any amount of the grant that is—
      - (i) not used by the grant recipient for the purpose for which the grant was awarded; or
      - (ii) not obligated or expended within the timeframe provided in the agreement;
    - (C) to maintain such [records](/usc/10/801.md?p=14) as the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) may require and make such [records](/usc/10/801.md?p=14) available for review and audit by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3); and
    - (D) not to purchase any product or material for the project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) using grant funds, including any commercially available off-the-shelf item, unless such product or material is—
      - (i) an unmanufactured article, material, or supply that has been mined or produced in the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1); or
      - (ii) a manufactured article, material, or supply that has been manufactured in the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) substantially all from articles, materials, or [supplies](/usc/10/3011.md?p=8) mined, produced, or manufactured in the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1).
- (c) **Guidelines.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall issue guidelines to establish appropriate accounting, reporting, and review procedures to ensure that—
  - (1) amounts awarded as grants under this section are used for the purposes for which such amounts were made available; and
  - (2) an entity that receives a grant under this section complies with the terms of the agreement such entity enters into with the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) pursuant to [subsection (b)(3)](#b-3).
- (d) **Definitions.—** In this section:
  - (1) The term “commercially available off-the-shelf item”—
    - (A) means any [item of supply](/usc/10/3011.md?p=7) (including construction material) that is—
      - (i) a commercial item, as defined by section 2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024); and
      - (ii) sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace; and
    - (B) does not include bulk cargo, as defined in [section 40102(4) of title 46](/usc/46/40102.md?p=4), such as agricultural products and [petroleum](/usc/10/2924.md?p=5) products.
  - (2) The term “product or material”, with respect to a project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1)—
    - (A) means an article, material, or supply brought to the site where the project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) is being carried out for incorporation into the project or [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1); and
    - (B) [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4) an item brought to the site preassembled from articles, materials, or [supplies](/usc/10/3011.md?p=8).
  - (3) The term “[United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1)” [includes](/usc/10/101.md?p=g-4) the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title X, § 1017, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 382.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, referred to in subsec. (d)(1)(A)(i), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 118–31, which was approved Dec. 22, 2023.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2219 was renumbered section 2491c of this title.