To require a report on the development of a second source for tire production and supply for the Stryker combat vehicle.

1. Adds SEC. 114. SECOND DOMESTIC SOURCE FOR PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF TIRES FOR THE STRYKER COMBAT VEHICLE at the end of subtitle B of title I

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   In S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   (b) MH-60S Seahawk Helicopters.--Beginning with the fiscal year 2007 program year, the Secretary of the Army, acting as executive agent for the Department of the Navy, may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into one or more multiyear contracts for the procurement of MH-60S Seahawk helicopters.

   Inserted: SEC. 114. SECOND DOMESTIC SOURCE FOR PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF TIRES FOR THE STRYKER COMBAT VEHICLE.

   Inserted: (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of the Army shall develop a second domestic source for the production and supply of tires for the Stryker combat vehicle. The source shall be any source determined by the Secretary to best respond to the logistics and maintenance requirements of the Army.

   Inserted: (b) Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 101(3) for weapons and tracked combat vehicles for the Army may be available for activities under subsection (a).

   Inserted: (c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a plan to meet the requirement in subsection (a). The report shall include--

   Inserted: (1) an analysis of the capacity of the industrial base in the United States to meet requirements for a second domestic source for the production and supply of tires for the Stryker combat vehicle; and

   Inserted: (2) to the extent that the capacity of the industrial base in the United States is not adequate to meet such requirements, recommendations on means, over the short-term and the long-term, to address that inadequacy.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:

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