S.Amdt. 4671

SA 4671. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Casey) 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 D of title II, add the following:

SEC. 246. BRIEFING ON ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Army Combat
Capabilities Development Command shall brief the
congressional defense committees on--
(1) current research and development activities to leverage
robotics, autonomy, and artificial intelligence to enhance
additive manufacturing capabilities in forward-deployed,
expeditionary bases; and
(2) courses of action being considered to successfully
transition additive manufacturing capabilities into sustained
operational capabilities.
(b) Elements.--The briefing required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A summary of research advances and innovations in
expeditionary manufacturing enabled by past investments
combining artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing.
(2) A summary of plans and ongoing activities to engage
with operational programs and programs of record to ensure
that such advances and innovations can be successfully
transitioned and supported to maximize mission readiness and
force resiliency.
(3) An assessment of the feasibility of initiating pilot
programs between institutions of higher education, the
defense industrial base, and the Army Combat Capabilities
Development Command related to experimentation and
demonstrations of expeditionary manufacturing techniques.
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