S.Amdt. 4269

SA 4269. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, and Mrs.
Hyde-Smith) 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 I, add the following:

SEC. 138. REPORT ON THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF A MULTIYEAR
CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 THROUGH 2027 FOR
THE PROCUREMENT OF FLIGHT III ARLEIGH BURKE-
CLASS DESTROYERS.

(a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the potential benefits of a
multiyear contract for the period of fiscal year 2023 through
2027 for the procurement of Flight III Arleigh Burke-class
destroyers.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include preliminary findings, and the basis for such
findings, of the Secretary with respect to whether--
(1) the use of a contract described in such subsection
could result in significant savings of the total anticipated
costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts;
(2) the minimum need for the destroyers described in such
subsection to be purchased is expected to remain
substantially unchanged during the contemplated contract
period in terms of production rate, procurement rate, and
total quantities;
(3) there is a reasonable expectation that throughout the
contemplated contract period the Secretary of Defense will
request funding for the contract at the level required to
avoid contract cancellation;
(4) there is a stable design for the destroyers to be
acquired and that the technical risks associated with such
property are not excessive;
(5) the estimates of both the cost of the contract and the
anticipated cost avoidance through the use of a multiyear
contract are realistic; and
(6) the use of such a contract will promote the national
security of the United States.
(c) Evaluation by Quantity.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall evaluate each of the following
quantities of Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for
the period described in such subsection:
(1) 10.
(2) 12.
(3) 15.
(4) Any other quantities the Secretary of the Navy
considers appropriate.
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