S.Amdt. 2186

SA 2186. Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Pryor) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 314. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANUFACTURING ARSENAL STUDY AND REPORT.

(a) Study.--

(1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study that examines how the Department of Defense can improve its manufacturing arsenals located at the Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, the Watervliet Arsenal in Watervliet, New York, and the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Jefferson, Arkansas and how the Department of Defense can more effectively use and manage public-private partnerships to preserve critical industrial capabilities at these facilities for future national security requirements while providing a return on investment to the Army.

(2) Details of study.--The study required under paragraph (1) shall include an examination of the following issues:

(A) The effectiveness of the Department of Defense's strategy to workload each of the arsenals and the potential for alternative strategies that could better identify workload for each arsenal.

(B) The impact of the Army Working Capital Fund-driven rate structure on public private partnerships at each arsenal.

(C) The extent to which operations at each arsenal can be streamlined, improved, or enhanced.

(D) The effectiveness of the Army's implementation of cooperative agreements authorized at manufacturing arsenals under section 4544 of title 10, United States Code.

(b) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the study conducted under this section. The report shall include recommendations to improve the Department of Defense's work loading strategy.