S.Amdt. 428

SA 428. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1088. DESIGNATION OF SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE AS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR A
CERTAIN DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PROGRAM.

(a) Prohibition on Cancellation of Designation.--The
Secretary of Defense may not implement the decision, issued
on July 1, 2017, to cancel the designation, under Department
of Defense Directive 4400.01E, entitled ``Defense Production
Act Programs'' and dated October 12, 2001, of the Secretary
of the Air Force as the Department of Defense Executive Agent
for the program carried out under title III of the Defense
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.).
(b) Designation.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall
continue to serve as the Department of Defense Executive
Agent for the program described in subsection (a) on and
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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