S.Amdt. 4383

SA 4383. Mr. WARNER 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 A of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 807. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL IMPERATIVE FOR
INDUSTRIAL SKILLS PROGRAM.

(a) Authority.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out
and accelerate the Department of Defense National Imperative
for Industrial Skills Program within the Industrial Base
Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Office to evaluate and
further develop workforce development training programs for
training the skilled industrial workers needed in the defense
industrial base.
(2) Priorities.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary
shall prioritize--
(A) innovative training programs that can rapidly train
skilled workers for placement in the defense industrial base
faster than traditional training programs and at the scale
needed to measurably reduce, as rapidly as possible, the
manpower shortages that currently exist; and
(B) training programs that can address the specific
manufacturing requirements and skills that are unique to
critical industrial sectors of the defense industrial base,
such as naval shipbuilding.
(b) Funding.--
(1) In general.--The amount authorized to be appropriated
for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022 for
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide and
available for Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment
Support is increased by $10,00,000, with the amount of such
increase to be available for pilot projects carried out
pursuant to subsection (a).
(2) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022 for Other
Procurement, Navy and available for LCS MCM Mission Modules
is reduced by $10,000,000.
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