S.Amdt. 5515

SA 5515. Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 E of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 875. PRODUCTION OF COMMERCIAL AMMUNITION AT ELIGIBLE FACILITIES.

The Secretary of the Army shall permit a contractor for an eligible facility (as defined in section 7551 of title 10, United States Code) to produce ammunition for commercial sale if the contractor is able to meet Department of Defense ammunition requirements while producing commercial ammunition. The Secretary of the Army may not restrict the ability of such a contractor to produce ammunition for commercial sale unless such restriction is necessary to meet surge capacity and readiness requirements for the Department of Defense.