S.Amdt. 4146

SA 4146. Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself and Mr. Braun) 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 end of subtitle C of title XIV, insert the
following:

SEC. 1424. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF DOMESTIC
TITANIUM ORE MINING AND DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF
TITANIUM METAL.

(a) In General.--Not later than June 1, 2022, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
congressional defense committees an assessment of--
(1) the current state of United States domestic titanium
ore mining and domestic production of titanium metal; and
(2) its implications for the supply chains of the
Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The assessment required by subsection (a)
shall include--
(1) a comparison of how much titanium metal is required
annually by the Department of Defense and how much titanium
ore and titanium metal is available from the United States
domestic supply chains;
(2) an assessment of the reliability of titanium producers
outside the United States during national defense emergency
scenarios; and
(3) any other matters the Comptroller General considers
appropriate to include.
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