USNI News Bipartisan Bill Calls for $25B in Infrastructure Funds for Shipyards April 28, 2021 11:58 AM Chief Cryptologic Technician (Collection) Paul Villanyi, right, from Spring Hill, Florida, directs Cryptologic Technician (Maintenance) 2nd Class Patrick Shores, from Chicago, during a monitored maintenance conducted on the AS/4293-A V/UHF Acquisition Antenna on the forward masthead light-pole aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) on April 8, 2021. US Navy Photo A group of bipartisan lawmakers have drafted legislation aimed at recapitalizing America’s public and private shipyards, as Congress and the Biden administration grapple with a nationwide infrastructure improvement plan. The Supplying Help to Infrastructure in Ports, Yards, and America’s Repair Docks (SHIPYARD) Act, unveiled Wednesday, would use the Defense Production Act to give the Navy the $21 billion it’s seeking to recapitalize its four public yards. The service would have 20 years to use the funds, a Senate aide told USNI News. This would provide the Navy more leeway than if it received the funding in annual appropriations bills.