The Senate Armed Services Committee is seeking changes to legislation governing where U.S. Navy vessels can be built. Multiple outlets report that the committee wants to remove the president’s waiver authority that allows offshore ship construction under certain conditions. Under the current framework described by the reporting, the waiver gives the executive branch flexibility to approve building Navy ships in foreign shipyards even when restrictions or requirements would otherwise limit such construction. The proposed action would narrow or eliminate that presidential ability to grant exceptions, thereby increasing congressional or statutory constraints on offshore shipbuilding decisions. The outlets agree the effort is part of the committee’s broader legislative work and is aimed specifically at how and where Navy ships are manufactured. The reporting does not provide additional details on the rationale, timelines, or how the change would affect specific shipbuilding contracts. It also does not specify whether the committee is proposing an alternative mechanism for exceptions. Overall, the sources describe a bipartisan congressional effort within the Senate Armed Services Committee to tighten oversight of foreign shipyard involvement in Navy ship procurement.