S.Amdt. 1316

1. Strikes subtitle C of title III

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   In S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Struck: Subtitle C--Workplace and Depot Issues

   Struck: SEC. 321. MINIMUM CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR CERTAIN DEPOTS.

   Struck: Section 2476 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

   Struck: (1) in subsection (a), by striking "Each fiscal year, the Secretary of a military department shall invest" and inserting "Each fiscal year, it shall be the objective of the Secretary of a military department to invest";

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   Struck: (2) in subsection (b)--

   Struck: (A) by striking "includes investment funds spent on depot infrastructure, equipment, and process improvement in direct support" and inserting "includes investment funds spent to modernize or improve the efficiency of depot facilities, equipment, work environment, or processes in direct support"; and

   Struck: (B) by adding at the end the following: "It does not include funds spent for any other repair or activity to maintain or sustain existing facilities, infrastructure, or equipment.";

   Struck: (3) in subsection (d)--

   Struck: (A) by striking "(1) Not later than" and inserting "Not later than";

   Struck: (B) by striking "summarizing the level of capital investment for each military department" and inserting "summarizing the level of capital investment in the military departments"; and

   Struck: (C) by striking paragraph (2); and

   Struck: (4) in subsection (e)(1), by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:

   Struck: "(I) Crane Ammunition Activity, Indiana.

   Struck: "(J) McAlester Ammunition Plant, Oklahoma.

   Struck: "(K) Radford Ammunition Plant, Virginia.

   Struck: "(L) Lake City Ammunition Plant, Missouri.

   Struck: "(M) Holsten Ammunition Plant, Tennessee.

   Struck: "(N) Scranton Ammunition Plant, Pennsylvania.

   Struck: "(O) Iowa Ammunition Plant, Iowa.

   Struck: "(P) Milan Ammunition Plant, Tennessee.

   Struck: "(Q) Joint System Manufacturing Center, Lima Ohio.".

   Struck: SEC. 322. LIMITATION ON REVISING THE DEFINITION OF DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE.

   Struck: (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of Defense or any of the Secretaries of the military departments may not issue guidance, regulations, policy, or revisions to any Department of Defense or service instructions containing a revision to the definition of depot-level maintenance unless the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees the report described in subsection (b).

   Struck: (b) Report.--The report referred to in subsection (a) is a report prepared by the Defense Business Board regarding the advisability of establishing a single definition of depot-level maintenance, taking into consideration--

   Struck: (1) the total industrial capacity, both in the private sector industry and in the depots;

   Struck: (2) the importance of establishing requirements and allocating workload on the basis of sound business case analyses; and

   Struck: (3) establishing transparency and accountability in the development of the core workload requirements and in the allocation of workload under the requirements in section 2466 of title 10, United States Code.

   Struck: SEC. 323. DESIGNATION OF MILITARY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES AS CENTERS OF INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE.

   Struck: Section 2474(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting "and may designate any military industrial facility" after "shall designate each depot-level activity".

   Struck: SEC. 324. REPORT ON DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE AND RECAPITALIZATION OF CERTAIN PARTS AND EQUIPMENT.

   Struck: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), in consultation with the military departments, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status of the DLA Joint Logistics Operations Center's Drawdown, Retrograde and Reset Program for the equipment from Iraq and Afghanistan and the status of the overall supply chain management for depot-level activities.

   Struck: (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:

   Struck: (1) An assessment of the number of backlogged parts for critical warfighter needs, an explanation of why those parts became backlogged, and an estimate of when the backlog is likely to be fully addressed.

   Struck: (2) A review of critical warfighter requirements that are being impacted by a lack of supplies and parts and an explanation of steps that the Director plans to take to meet the demand requirements of the military departments.

   Struck: (3) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of working with outside commercial partners to utilize flexible and efficient turn-key rapid production systems to meet rapidly emerging warfighter requirements.

   Struck: (4) A review of plans to further consolidate the ordering and stocking of parts and supplies from the military departments at depots under the control of the Defense Logistics Agency.

   Struck: (c) Flexible and Efficient Turn-key Rapid Production Systems Defined.--For the purposes of this section, flexible and efficient turn-key rapid production systems are systems that have demonstrated the capability to reduce the costs of parts, improve manufacturing efficiency, and have the following unique features:

   Struck: (1) Virtual and flexible.--Systems that provide for flexibility to rapidly respond to requests for low-volume or high-volume machined parts and surge demand by accessing the full capacity of small- and medium-sized manufacturing communities in the United States.

   Struck: (2) Speed to market.--Systems that provide for flexibility that allows rapid introduction of subassemblies for new parts and weapons systems to the warfighter.

   Struck: (3) Risk management.--Systems that provide for the electronic archiving and updating of turn-key rapid production packages to provide insurance to the Department of Defense that parts will be available if there is a supply chain disruption.

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