S.Amdt. 3034

SA 3034. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 E of title I, add the following:

SEC. 144. BRIEFING ON SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLIANCE IN THE F-35
AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the F-35 aircraft program, as one of the premier acquisition
programs of the Department of Defense, should be a leader in
demonstrating compliance with acquisition policies and
statutes and should not be regularly requesting and issuing
waivers for the use of noncompliant materials sourced from
the People's Republic of China.
(b) Briefing Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Program Executive Officer of
the F-35 Joint Program Office shall brief the congressional
defense committees on the compliance of the F-35 aircraft
program with chapter 385 of title 10, United States Code.
(2) Elements.--The briefing required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:

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(A) A description of all noncompliant materials found in
the F-35 aircraft program since the inception of the program.
(B) A description of efforts to qualify compliant suppliers
and encourage domestic suppliers to participate in the F-35
aircraft program, including any plans for investments in
domestic suppliers through the Office of Industrial Base
Policy to address requirements for materials used in the
program that were previously subject to a waiver.
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