S.Amdt. 2450
What it does: Adds SEC. 864. PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS at the end of subtitle D of title VIII
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 864. PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS at the end of subtitle D of title VIII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.
Inserted: SEC. 864. PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS.
Inserted: (a) Study on Competition and Innovation in Personal Protection Equipment Industrial Base.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a study to identify and assess alternative and effective means for stimulating competition and innovation in the personal protection equipment industrial base.
Inserted: (2) Report on study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded research and development center conducting the study pursuant to paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary the study, including any findings and recommendations.
Inserted: (b) Report to Congress.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
Inserted: (2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
Inserted: (A) The study, findings, and recommendations submitted to the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
Inserted: (B) An assessment of current and future technologies that could markedly improve body armor, including by decreasing weight, increasing survivability, and making other relevant improvements.
Inserted: (C) An analysis of the capability of the personal protection equipment industrial base to leverage such technologies to produce the next generation body armor.
Inserted: (D) An assessment of alternative body armor acquisition models, including different types of contracting and budgeting practices of the Department of Defense.
Inserted: (c) Personal Protection Equipment Defined.--In this section, the term "personal protection equipment" includes body armor, protective eyewear, environmental and fire resistant clothing systems, and other individual personal protection equipment.
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At the end of subtitle D of title VIII, add the following:
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SA 2450. Mr. GRAHAM 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 D of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 864. PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS.
(a) Study on Competition and Innovation in Personal Protection Equipment Industrial Base.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a study to identify and assess alternative and effective means for stimulating competition and innovation in the personal protection equipment industrial base.
(2) Report on study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded research and development center conducting the study pursuant to paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary the study, including any findings and recommendations.
(b) Report to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
(2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) The study, findings, and recommendations submitted to the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
(B) An assessment of current and future technologies that could markedly improve body armor, including by decreasing weight, increasing survivability, and making other relevant improvements.
(C) An analysis of the capability of the personal protection equipment industrial base to leverage such technologies to produce the next generation body armor.
(D) An assessment of alternative body armor acquisition models, including different types of contracting and budgeting practices of the Department of Defense.
(c) Personal Protection Equipment Defined.--In this section, the term “personal protection equipment” includes body armor, protective eyewear, environmental and fire resistant clothing systems, and other individual personal protection equipment.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 21, 2013