S.Amdt. 1979

SA 1979. Ms. CANTWELL 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. REQUIREMENT TO USE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT
AUTHORITIES TO INVEST IN ALUMINUM PRODUCTION
CAPACITY IN UNITED STATES.

If aluminum production capacity in the United States falls
below 895,000 tons in a year, as determined by the United
States Geological Survey, the Secretary of Defense shall,
without the need for the authorization of the President under
paragraph (1) of section 301(a) of the Defense Production Act
of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531(a)) or a determination by the
President described in paragraph (2) of that section, use the
authorities provided by title III of that Act (50 U.S.C. 4531
et seq.) to expand the production capacity of the aluminum
industry in the United States.
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