S.Amdt. 961

SA 961. Mr. SCHUMER 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. __. BRIEFING ON PLANS TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE ADDITIVE
MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES.

Not later than December 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense
shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives on the Department's plans to
develop and improve additive manufacturing, including the
Department's plans to--
(1) develop military and quality assurance standards as
quickly as possible;
(2) leverage current manufacturing institutes to conduct
research in the validation of quality standards for additive
manufactured parts; and
(3) further integrate additive manufacturing capabilities
and capacity into the Department's organic depots, arsenals,
and shipyards.
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