S.Amdt. 5930

SA 5930. Mr. HAGERTY 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON DEFENSE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress a report on identifying, evaluating, and manufacturing the fundamental materials and processes related to future Air Force assets operating at very high velocities in extreme environmental conditions.

(b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) An assessment of current research and development plans related to the materials and manufacturing processes directed towards flight critical components for future Air Force vehicles operating in extreme environments, including operating environments of temperatures exceeding 3000 degrees Fahrenheit, high aerodynamic forces, and significant variations in atmospheric conditions.

(2) An assessment of how the Air Force is prioritizing early state research, development, and demonstration in materials and manufacturing for extreme environments, to include development of new processes for increasing performance, decreasing cost, and lead time for complex geometries and exotic materials needed for future Air Force assets.

(3) An assessment of efforts made by the Air Force to maintain, or increase, a secure, classified industrial research and manufacturing base that prevents the loss of intellectual property theft to foreign entities.

(4) An assessment of the effect of the continuation of current research and development collaborations between the Air Force research laboratories and the National Laboratories of the Department of Energy in order to achieve these results.

(5) The feasibility of the Air Force leveraging the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility of the Department of Energy and the National Laboratories of the Department in order to achieve these results.

(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and include a classified annex.