S.Amdt. 6106

SA 6106. Mr. HUSTED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 1050. REPORT ON DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF FERROSILICON AND
SILICOMANGANESE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the
Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the state of
domestic production of ferrosilicon and silicomanganese.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include an assessment of--
(1) the scale, capacity, and utilization of domestic
ferrosilicon and silicomanganese production facilities in
operation as of the date of the report;
(2) the sufficiency of existing and projected domestic
production to meet anticipated requirements of the Department
of Defense for steel during the 10 years following the date
of the report;
(3) the volume, country of origin, and supply chain
reliability of imported ferrosilicon and silicomanganese used
in domestic steel manufacturing for defense end uses;
(4) the economic feasibility of sustainable domestic
production of ferrosilicon and silicomanganese, including--
(A) a comparison of domestic costs to global prices; and
(B) an assessment of the effect of foreign subsidization
and overcapacity; and
(5) Federal authorities and programs available to support
domestic production of ferrosilicon and silicomanganese.
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