S.Amdt. 4646

SA 4646. Mr. LUJAN 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 B of title VIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 821. USE OF DOMESTICALLY SOURCED COMPONENTS IN
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SATELLITES.

(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 385 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
4864 the following new section:

``Sec. 4865. Domestic source requirement for certain
satellite components

``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not acquire
a covered component for a Department of Defense satellite
unless the covered component is manufactured in the United
States.
``(b) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the prohibition
under subsection (a) with respect to the acquisition of a
covered component if the Secretary--
``(1) determines that--
``(A) no significant national security concerns regarding
counterfeiting, quality, or unauthorized access would be
created by waiving the prohibition;
``(B) the acquisition of the covered component is required
to support national security; and
``(C) the covered component is not available from a source
inside the United States of satisfactory quality, in
sufficient quantity, in the required form, and at reasonable
cost; and
``(2) submits to the congressional defense committees a
report on the determination under paragraph (1).
``(c) Applicability.--This section applies respect to
contracts entered into on or after October 1, 2022.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered component.--The term `covered component'
means a space-qualified solar cell, cell-interconnect-
coverglass (CIC) assembly, solar panel, or solar array.
``(2) Department of defense satellite.--The term
`Department of Defense satellite' means a satellite the
principal purpose of which is to support the needs of the
Department of Defense.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter
385 of such title is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 4864 the following new item:

``4865. Domestic source requirement for certain satellite
components.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
take effect on January 1, 2022.
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