I will require the Department of Defense to analyze moving production of ship components from coastal areas to include Indiana and the Midwest.

Jim Banks · Indiana · Republican

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Occurrences

Shipbuilding Industrial Base Study Requires DOD to analyze how to move production of ship components from our coasts to other parts of the country to include Indiana and the Midwest.

Banks added language to the FY26 NDAA mandating a Department of Defense study on relocating ship component manufacturing to the Midwest, including Indiana.

Senator Banks Secures Critical Defense Wins for Indiana in FY26 NDAA
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Evidence

Banks wrote that an amendment he inserted "requires the Navy to study moving the manufacturing of ship components from our coasts to other parts of the country like Indiana to reduce costs and bolster our industrial base."

This is the clearest statement of the promise in Banks's own Senate-hosted op-ed: he says he pursued a Navy study to shift ship-component manufacturing toward Indiana and the Midwest.

partial same_term A for effort

Use A.I. to improve Navy shipbuilding processes
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Banks's office said the FY26 NDAA includes a "Shipbuilding Industrial Base Study" that "requires DOD to analyze how to move production of ship components from our coasts to other parts of the country to include Indiana and the Midwest."

This official Senate press release shows Banks advanced the promise into Senate-passed NDAA language requiring a DoD analysis of moving ship-component production to Indiana and the Midwest.

partial same_term A for effort

Senate Passes Indiana NDAA Wins Secured by Senator Jim Banks
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GovInfo records S. 2296 as the Senate-passed FY2026 NDAA, which Banks and his office cite as the vehicle for the shipbuilding industrial base study. The page confirms the bill's official status and that it was engrossed in the Senate.

The official bill record confirms the NDAA vehicle Banks used to advance the study requirement, but by itself does not prove final enactment into law.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 2296 (ES) - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
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Assessments

never unknown A for effort

Banks appears to have materially advanced the promise during his Senate term by securing Senate NDAA language requiring a DOD/Navy analysis of moving ship-component production from coastal areas to Indiana and the Midwest. However, the evidence only shows the provision in the Senate-passed FY2026 NDAA vehicle, while the final enacted FY2026 NDAA became law through S.1071 and available final-law text/status does not establish that this specific Indiana/Midwest shipbuilding study requirement was enacted. Because the promised outcome was to require DOD to perform the analysis, Senate passage alone is a serious legislative effort but not full delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%