S.Amdt. 1963

SA 1963. Ms. STABENOW submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 appropriate place in title VIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 8 __. REPORT ON USE OF DOMESTIC NONAVAILABILITY
DETERMINATIONS.

Not later than September 30, 2021, and annually thereafter,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to
congressional defense committees--
(1) describing in detail the use of any waiver or exception
to the requirements of section 2533a of title 10, United
States Code, relating to domestic nonavailability
determinations;
(2) providing reasoning for the use of each such waiver or
exception; and
(3) providing an assessment of the impact on the use of
such waivers or exceptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and
associated challenges with investments in domestic sources.
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