S.Amdt. 3669

SA 3669. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 the subtitle D of title VIII, add the
following:

SEC. 849B. BRIEFING ON SUBMARINE INDUSTRIAL BASE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a briefing regarding the submarine
industrial base.
(b) Elements.--The briefing required under subsection (a)
shall include a description of--
(1) efforts, both planned and underway, to invest in
workforce recruitment and retention, including the
modification of nuclear shipbuilding contracts;
(2) commitments from industry partners to implement wage
increases for trade and non-executive workforce, targeted to
maximize retention and recruitment;
(3) commitments from industry partners to make specific
capital investments at their shipyards; and
(4) accountability and transparency requirements sought by
the Department of Defense and the Office of Management and
Budget related to any such agreements with industrial base
suppliers.
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