S.Amdt. 4854

SA 4854. Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Manchin, and Mr. Wicker)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867
proposed by Mr. Reed 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. ENSURING THE CONSIDERATION OF TITANIUM IN SUPPLY
CHAIN REVIEWS AND NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE
REPORTS.

(a) Consideration in Report on National Defense
Stockpile.--The Secretary of Defense shall include, in the
first report submitted under section 14 of the Strategic and
Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (10 U.S.C. 98h-5) after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the following:
(1) A material summary evaluating titanium, including in
ore and metal forms.
(2) An assessment of the current state of United States
domestic titanium ore production and domestic production of
titanium metal.
(3) A discussion of the implications of the current state
of such domestic production for Department of Defense needs.
(b) Follow-on Report on National Security Implications of
Imports.--Not later than June 1, 2022, the Secretary of
Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Industry and Security, shall submit to Congress a follow-on
report to the report of the Department of Commerce entitled
``The Effect of Imports of Titanium Sponge on the National
Security'' and dated November 29, 2019, that includes the
following:
(1) A summary of any changes in the domestic titanium
industry and global titanium sponge industry that may have
occurred since the issuance of the report.
(2) A summary of factors that contributed to further
reliance on imports or reductions in domestic production of
titanium since the issuance of the report.
(3) Any updates to the findings and conclusions of the
report as a result of the updated information summarized
pursuant to paragraph (1) and (2).
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