[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4853 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4853

  To require a study of the programs, acquisitions, and budget of the 
                         Department of Defense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 14, 2022

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Mr. King) 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 study of the programs, acquisitions, and budget of the 
                         Department of Defense.

    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 ``American Defense Programs, 
Logistics, and Acquisitions for our Nation's Security Act of 2022'' or 
the ``American Defense PLANS Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. STUDY OF THE PROGRAMS, ACQUISITIONS, AND BUDGET OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into 
an arrangement with a federally funded research and development center 
under which the center will--
            (1) conduct a study of the programs, acquisitions, and 
        budget of the Department of Defense; and
            (2) make recommendations with respect to how the Department 
        can ensure that program development cycles and acquisition of 
        new technologies within the Department can best keep pace with 
        the increasing rate at which technologies acquired for programs 
        of the Department become outdated or are replaced by new 
        technologies.
    (b) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
on the study required by subsection (a).
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