S.Amdt. 2034

SA 2034. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 VIII, add the following:

SEC. 894. BRIEFING ON FUNDING NECESSARY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF
FEDERAL CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION
RESULTING FROM COVID-19 RELATED SHUTDOWNS.

Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the
congressional defense committees a briefing on the total
anticipated costs for the Department of Defense associated
with implementation of section 3610 of the CARES Act (Public
Law 116-136) and other anticipated contractor requests for
equitable adjustment resulting from the effects of COVID-19
on the defense industrial base. The Secretary shall provide
to the committees written materials in support of the
briefing that shall, as minimum include--
(1) an accounting of amounts reallocated, transferred, or
reprogrammed in fiscal year 2020 to cover the costs
associated with section 3610 and other effects of COVID-19 on
the defense industrial base;
(2) an assessment of the effects on the Department's
customary activities and mission areas as a result of the
reallocations, transfers, and reprogrammings described under
paragraph (1);
(3) an assessment of the effect of COVID-19 on the defense
industrial base, to include a specific assessment of the
effects on small businesses;
(4) a request and justification for additional
appropriations if necessary to address the costs of COVID-19
in fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2021; and
(5) recommendations to Congress for additional actions
needed to assist the defense industrial base in recovering
from the effects of COVID-19.
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