S.Amdt. 3155
What it does: Adds SEC. 112. SMALL UNIT SUPPORT VEHICLE at the end of subtitle B of title I
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)What it changes
1 change to S. 3254 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 112. SMALL UNIT SUPPORT VEHICLE at the end of subtitle B of title I
Adds a sectionIn S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Condition for Out-year Contract Payments.--A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2013 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such later fiscal year.
Inserted: SEC. 112. SMALL UNIT SUPPORT VEHICLE.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) The Secretary of Defense has directed a strategic shift in focus for the Department of Defense to the Asia-Pacific Theatre.
Inserted: (2) The only Arctic regions of the United States are within the Asia-Pacific Theatre.
Inserted: (3) The conditions presented by terrain in Arctic regions is the harshest on the earth, and the Armed Forces must be able to operate in the conditions caused by such terrain.
Inserted: (4) Unique equipment is needed to be able to effectively survive and operate in such conditions.
Inserted: (5) Among the unique equipment used by Army units to operate in such conditions is the Small Unit Support Vehicle (SUSV).
Inserted: (6) The Small Unit Support Vehicle is no longer a program of record among the acquisition programs of the Army, and there are no current plans to acquire new models of the Small Unit Support Vehicle.
Inserted: (7) The Canadian equivalent of the Small Unit Support Vehicle was successfully used in combat in Afghanistan in 2002 in harsh terrain.
Inserted: (8) Military units currently using the Small Unit Support Vehicle must use a method of "cannibalization" that pulls parts from other vehicles in order to repair inoperable ones.
Inserted: (9) If a solution to the problem of inadequate supplies of replacement parts for the Small Unit Support Vehicle is not found, there will be a gap in national security of the United States.
Inserted: (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the following:
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Inserted: (1) An assessment of the current and anticipated requirements of the Army for a vehicle that can operate in rugged terrain and in extreme climates such as those in the Arctic.
Inserted: (2) An assessment of the current supply chain for the Small Unit Support Vehicle.
Inserted: (3) An assessment of the needs of the Army for a new vehicle that meets the requirements of both the regular and the reserve components of the Army for operations in rugged terrain and extreme conditions such as those in the Arctic.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:
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SA 3155. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:
SEC. 112. SMALL UNIT SUPPORT VEHICLE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Secretary of Defense has directed a strategic shift in focus for the Department of Defense to the Asia-Pacific Theatre.
(2) The only Arctic regions of the United States are within the Asia-Pacific Theatre.
(3) The conditions presented by terrain in Arctic regions is the harshest on the earth, and the Armed Forces must be able to operate in the conditions caused by such terrain.
(4) Unique equipment is needed to be able to effectively survive and operate in such conditions.
(5) Among the unique equipment used by Army units to operate in such conditions is the Small Unit Support Vehicle (SUSV).
(6) The Small Unit Support Vehicle is no longer a program of record among the acquisition programs of the Army, and there are no current plans to acquire new models of the Small Unit Support Vehicle.
(7) The Canadian equivalent of the Small Unit Support Vehicle was successfully used in combat in Afghanistan in 2002 in harsh terrain.
(8) Military units currently using the Small Unit Support Vehicle must use a method of “cannibalization” that pulls parts from other vehicles in order to repair inoperable ones.
(9) If a solution to the problem of inadequate supplies of replacement parts for the Small Unit Support Vehicle is not found, there will be a gap in national security of the United States.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the following:
(1) An assessment of the current and anticipated requirements of the Army for a vehicle that can operate in rugged terrain and in extreme climates such as those in the Arctic.
(2) An assessment of the current supply chain for the Small Unit Support Vehicle.
(3) An assessment of the needs of the Army for a new vehicle that meets the requirements of both the regular and the reserve components of the Army for operations in rugged terrain and extreme conditions such as those in the Arctic.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2012