S.Amdt. 3919

SA 3919. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON MATERIAL READINESS OF VIRGINIA CLASS
SUBMARINES OF THE NAVY.

(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the material readiness of the Virginia class submarines.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of the number of components and parts
that have required replacement prior to the end of their
estimated useful life or scheduled replacement timeline,
including efforts to increase the reliability of ``life of
ship'' components.
(2) An assessment of the extent to which part and material
shortages have impacted deployment and maintenance
availability schedules, including an estimate of the number
of active part cannibalizations or other actions taken to
mitigate those impacts.
(3) An identification of the planned lead time to obtain
key material for Virginia class submarines from shipbuilders
and vendors.
(4) An identification of the actual lead time to obtain
such material from shipbuilders and vendors.
(5) An identification of the cost increases of key
components and parts for new construction and maintenance
availabilities above planned material costs.
(6) An assessment of potential courses of action to improve
the material readiness of the Virginia class submarines,
including efforts to align new construction shipyards with
maintenance shipyards and Naval Sea Systems Command to
increase predictability of materials and purchasing power.
(7) Such recommendations as the Secretary may have for
legislative changes, authorities, realignments, and
administrative actions, including reforms of the Federal
Acquisition Regulation, to improve the material readiness of
the Virginia class submarines.
(8) Such other elements as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
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