S.Amdt. 253

SA 253. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 C of title III, add the following:

SEC. 333. LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINMENT BUDGET EXHIBIT FOR MAJOR
WEAPON SYSTEMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall update the
Financial Management Regulation of the Department of Defense
to ensure that a PB-60 or similar life cycle sustainment
budget exhibit is prepared for

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each major weapon system of the Department by the Secretary
of the military department concerned.
(b) Elements of Budget Exhibits.--The Secretary of Defense
shall ensure that each budget exhibit described in subsection
(a)--
(1) identifies a goal for material availability, material
reliability, and mean down time metrics for each weapons
system and includes an explanation of factors that may
preclude the Secretary of the military department concerned
from meeting that goal; and
(2) reflects the period covered by the future-years defense
program specified by section 221 of title 10, United States
Code, with respect to the budget for which the budget exhibit
is prepared.
(c) Inclusion in Budget Submittal.--The Secretary of
Defense shall include the budget exhibits required under
subsection (a) with the budget request submitted by the
President to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31,
United State Code, for fiscal year 2021 and each year
thereafter.
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