S.Amdt. 2375

SA 2375. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 VIII, add the following:

SEC. 865. REPORT ON LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PROCUREMENTS
APPLICATION PROCESS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report that
provides an update on the implementation of the limitation on
certain procurements application process, as described in
subsection (j)(1) of section 4864 of title 10, United States
Code.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include, at a minimum--
(1) a description of the process used by the Department of
Defense to analyze and assess potential items for
consideration to be required to be procured from a
manufacturer that is part of the national technology and
industrial base;
(2) the name and title of the individual designated by the
Secretary under subsection (j)(2)(A) of section 4864 of title
10, United States Code, to administer the limitation on
certain procurements application process;
(3) a description of the application process for a person
or organization that meets the definition of national
technology and industrial base under section 4801(1) of title
10, United States Code, to apply for status as an item
required to be procured from a manufacturer that is part of
the national technology and industrial base;
(4) the number of persons or organizations that have
applied under the such application process;
(5) an identification of any person or organization that
has had an item approved by the component acquisition
executive under such application process; and
(6) recommendations on modifications to the application
process that would facilitating easier accessibility for
applications from such persons and organizations.
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