The conditions set forth in section 2208(j)(1)(B) of this title and subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1)(A) of section 2563 of this title shall not apply to a sale by a naval shipyard of articles or services to a private shipyard that is made at the request of the private shipyard in order to facilitate the private shipyard’s fulfillment of a Department of Defense contract with respect to a nuclear ship. This section does not authorize a naval shipyard to construct a nuclear ship for the private shipyard, to perform a majority of the work called for in a contract with a private entity, or to provide articles or services not requested by the private shipyard.
(Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1016(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 744, § 7300; amended Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1033(c)(3)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–261; renumbered § 8670, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(2), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)