[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1765 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1765

 To require a comprehensive plan for the sharing of best practices for 
          depot-level maintenance among the military services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 6, 2017

 Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a comprehensive plan for the sharing of best practices for 
          depot-level maintenance among the military services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Depot 
Maintenance Best Practices Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR SHARING DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE BEST 
              PRACTICES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a comprehensive plan for the sharing 
of best practices for depot-level maintenance among the military 
services.
    (b) Elements.--The comprehensive plan required under subsection (a) 
shall cover the sharing of best practices with regard to--
            (1) programming and scheduling;
            (2) core capability requirements;
            (3) workload;
            (4) personnel management, development, and sustainment;
            (5) induction, duration, efficiency, and completion 
        metrics;
            (6) parts, supply, tool, and equipment management;
            (7) capital investment and manufacturing and production 
        capability; and
            (8) inspection and quality control.
    (c) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given the 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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