S.Amdt. 1557

SA 1557. Mr. DURBIN 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 XXVIII, add the
following:

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SEC. 884. ARSENAL AND ORGANIC INDUSTRIAL BASE SKILLS
SUSTAINMENT AND DOMESTIC PRODUCTION INITIATIVE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date on
which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31,
Unites States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report on the
equipment, weapons, weapons systems, components,
subcomponents, and end-items purchased from foreign entities
and identify those items which could be manufactured in the
military arsenals of the United States or the military depots
of the United States to meet the goals of section 2464 of
title 10, United States Code, as well as a plan for moving
that workload into the military arsenals or depots.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
address the following:
(1) Identification of items purchased by foreign
manufacturers meeting the definition of--
(A) section 8302(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code,
with an exception granted under subparagraph (A) or (B) of
section 8302(a)(2) of such title;
(B) section 2533b(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code,
with an exception granted under section 2533(b) of such
title; and
(C) section 2534(a) of title 10, United States Code, with a
waiver exercised under paragraph (1), (2), (4), or (5) of
section 2534(d) of such title.
(2) Assessment of the skills required to manufacture the
items identified in paragraph (1) and comparison of those
skills with skills required to meet the critical capabilities
identified by the Army Report to Congress on Critical
Manufacturing Capabilities and Capacities, dated August 2013,
and the core logistics capabilities identified by each
military service pursuant to section 2464 of title 10, United
States Code, as of the date of enactment of this bill.
(3) Identification of the tooling, equipment and facilities
upgrades necessary for a military arsenal or depot to perform
the manufacturing workload identified under paragraph (1).
(4) Identification of workload identified in paragraph (1)
most appropriate for transfer to military arsenals or depots
to meet the goals of subsection (a) or requirements of
section 2464 of title 10, United States Code.
(5) A plan to transfer manufacturing workload identified in
paragraph (4) to the military arsenals or depots within a
stated timeframe.
(6) Such other information the Secretary considers
necessary for adherence to paragraphs (4) and (5).
(7) An explanation of the rationale for continuing to sole-
source manufacturing workload identified in paragraph (1)
from a foreign source rather than a military arsenal, depot,
or other organic facility.
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