S.Amdt. 452

SA 452. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 VIII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. REPORTING ON LIFE CYCLE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH NON-
DOMESTIC SOURCING OF SHIPBUILDING COMPONENTS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
amend the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal
Acquisition Regulation to require the Senior Technical
Authority to assess and provide reporting on the total life
cycle costs associated with the procurement of a non-domestic
component for a shipbuilding program before the component is
so procured.
(b) Elements.--The assessment required under subsection (a)
shall assess--
(1) the cost impact on other shipbuilding programs for
which a domestic supplier is manufacturing components should
that component be procured form a non-domestic manufacturer;
(2) the cost impact on the life-cycle sustainment of the
applicable shipbuilding program due to commonality with
similar components already in the fleet that have already met
applicable Navy standards; and
(3) the cost differential between domestic and equivalent
foreign components that may be due to direct or indirect
foreign government investment or reduced regulatory costs in
that country of origin.
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