S.Amdt. 860

SA 860. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 II, insert the following:

SEC. 2__. STRATEGY ON SOLID ROCKET DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a strategy to ensure the United
States remains at the forefront in solid rocket development.
(b) Elements.--The strategy submitted pursuant to
subsection (a) shall include strategies for the following:
(1) Bringing new entrants into the solid rocket motor
industrial base of the United States.
(2) Accelerating manufacturing technologies that can help
meet the replenishment needs in critical munitions.
(3) Ensuring that competitive procurements are used and
nontraditional providers are encouraged to compete and become
qualified new entrants.
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