S.Amdt. 2115

SA 2115. Ms. BALDWIN 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 A of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 815. PROCUREMENT OF GOODS FOR THE FFG-FRIGATE PROGRAM.

Amounts authorized to carry out the FFG-Frigate program
shall be used for the acquisition of components manufactured
in the United States at a higher cost than comparable foreign
components if the Navy determines that the component
manufactured in the United States--
(1) is already qualified to applicable standards and
certifications;
(2) is already fielded on other United States Navy ships;
(3) offers proven life-cycle cost savings through fuel
usage and on-ship maintenance capability;
(4) offers FFGX a higher documented operational
availability with substantiated Mean Time Between Failure
(MTBF) and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) values from United
States Navy operational data and United States Navy-approved
Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA); and
(5) is critical for sustaining the domestic industrial base
in support of other United States Navy ship programs.
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