A bill to amend the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988, to clarify and restate the intent of Congress with respect to the performance of certain Navy ship overhaul work for fiscal year 1988.

Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988 to require, as a condition to the appropriation of funds for naval operation and maintenance, that any work under the New Threat Upgrade overhaul program which was assigned by the Navy to be performed by a specified public shipyard as of a specified date shall be contracted for performance by that shipyard.