S.Amdt. 1479

SA 1479. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 E of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 884. REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRA LIGHT COMBAT
VEHICLE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Army, shall submit to Congress a report
on the development of an Army Ultra Light Combat Vehicle
(ULCV) for use with light infantry brigades and with Special
Operations Forces.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) An assessment whether the ULCV is a suitable candidate
for militarized commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) purchase
rather than purpose-built, defense-only platforms, leveraging
existing global automotive supply chains to satisfy
requirements and performance specifications for the program.
(2) An assessment whether fielding such a program meets the
requirements of the Department of Defense's Better Buying
Directive.
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