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<dc:title>117 S5034 IS: To authorize additional appropriations to increase the production of munitions and ammunition to deter Russian and Chinese aggression, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>117th CONGRESS</congress><session>2d Session</session><legis-num>S. 5034</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20220929">September 29, 2022</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S374">Mr. Cotton</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S357">Mrs. Fischer</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S404">Mr. Scott of Florida</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S381">Mr. Rounds</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To authorize additional appropriations to increase the production of munitions and ammunition to deter Russian and Chinese aggression, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="idd3b43f5b1b314d09a696edf28a1478d8" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text><paragraph id="idcac42a8138154abc9ea9b8af4c8c7b5f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Russia has engaged in an unprovoked war of aggression against the sovereign nation of Ukraine since February 2022.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0e8fd0bfcbaa489f91c27c51844fa1dc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The United States and its allies have sought to provide the Ukrainian people with the weapons and equipment they desperately need to reverse Vladimir Putin’s illicit campaign.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id925134ac56d641f995a75ced711bd4f7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies have been slow to replenish their arsenals of artillery systems, ammunition, and missiles that have been depleted as a result of the provision of weapons and equipment to Ukraine.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1004852455ac42a9b16faec1763cde95"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Much of the industrial capacity of the United States and Europe to produce munitions has atrophied since the end of the Cold War.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3981e7e6c5494805b8acd2101f967319"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks has noted <quote>obsolescence issues</quote> in certain munitions lines since the start of Russian hostilities in Ukraine.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d3414cd77c74e63960545d8d645d56d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>While Russia has waged its unjustified war in Europe, China has obvious and blatant military aspirations to dominate the Indo-Pacific region and undermine the rules-based global international order.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc194de915fe24d4e89d7d93158a0072d" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The industrial base of the United States has languished from underfunding of procurement of necessary equipment at scale for decades.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id874851c2d0e4499fbe34fa1145811abe"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Should more conflict erupt, the United States and its allies do not currently maintain the necessary stockpiles to execute sustained operations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id926ea4856b2643049a578946e504ae2b"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Neither the United States nor its allies maintain the capability to rapidly reconstitute their arsenals due to the complex manufacturing processes necessary for the construction and assembly of modern weaponry.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf2f073117dc745f0842a740307434c82"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The United States must immediately and dramatically step up the procurement of military munitions and expand the defense industrial base to meet these increased requirements to ensure that the interests of the United States are protected in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.</text></paragraph></section><title id="idd87c93572e0541e1a528a361d0ad89ec"><enum>I</enum><header>Emergency funding to increase munitions and ammunition production and expand industrial base production capacity and responsiveness</header><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="id29D0169D755946BFA8BEE4C65CB39B30"><enum>101.</enum><header>Surge in emergency funding for critical Army munitions to deter Russian and Chinese aggression</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 the aggregate amount of $2,431,500,000 for Missile Procurement, Army, to acquire replacement munitions and expand the defense industrial base of the United States, in amounts as follows:</text><paragraph id="id3ce27cfa60cc405bb188c030a991c5cc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for a production increase of 3,500 AGM–113 Hellfire missiles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id271c3c4a45a84b8d8e8521718f0bd19f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for a production increase of 200 joint air-to-ground missiles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idedd3e7d60caf484a8877d63f6ad494d8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$36,000,000 for a capacity increase of joint air-to-ground missiles to 2,400 missiles per year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8827daa9164e4294ab2539c17d958dab"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for a production increase in Javelin lightweight command launch units. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3794c0fea9ff4c5ba3f937e59fc52849"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$250,500,000 for a production increase of 1,500 guided multiple-launch rocket system rounds. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4f968cbddc464c48b4475a9415d1627d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for a capacity increase in high mobility artillery rocket system cabs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1afac8521cab42528f8c01d8868ad894"><enum>(7)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for a production increase of 12 high mobility artillery rocket system launchers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id683de0e7fe164d3f83e48d9f01a96360"><enum>(8)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for a production increase of 75 Army tactical missile system rounds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id19cbdcda30c64cad9691d1e6d44d12fc"><enum>(9)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for a production increase of block 1 Stinger refurbishment. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idafd80e8fb6e1420bb945e004e1d10b67"><enum>(10)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000 for a production increase in Patriot fire units. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id82fa0d1b4c064388adc84bda790992ae"><enum>(11)</enum><text>$75,000,000 for a production increase in Switchblades. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id308f5da65b744cc491160d200542e963"><enum>(12)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for long-lead energetics for munitions production.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id0be59e65f0ea496dbebaf3da3ea90356"><enum>102.</enum><header>Surge in emergency funding to reconstitute stockpiles of critical naval munitions to deter Russian and Chinese aggression</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 the aggregate amount of $545,000,000 for Weapons Procurement, Navy, to acquire replacement munitions and expand the defense industrial base of the United States, in amounts as follows:</text><paragraph id="idbb7cbd7876fa4d18ac05c07a93d44170"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$200,000,000 for SM–6 capacity expansion via test and tooling equipment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided0c8b0aff1b47449e2353fe7274aa71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for SM–6 capacity expansion via dual-source energetics.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfabeb72f0ded4e1fb99dbf0b4b93c6e9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$45,000,000 for a production increase of 21 long range anti-ship missiles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2447dd8cb7e841b786d8adc6004d84f9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$35,000,000 for long range anti-ship missile capacity expansion to 240 missiles per year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided90c78223084f74a996b9b9d1a72e00"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$40,000,000 for a production increase of 25 advanced anti-radiation guided missile–extended range missiles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id09d39a611d3c4db792278b63a65a96a1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$225,000,000 for the Hammerhead program. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id86279fbad2dd4e5b9916915f8e50382a"><enum>(7)</enum><text>$11,050,000 for the Mk–68 program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9d12c59ed46e4c82b00f57f0d65c630f"><enum>(8)</enum><text>$125,400,000 for the Mk–54 lightweight torpedo program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8a151863cb445d3801b9e3e8feaff11"><enum>(9)</enum><text>$49,000 for a production increase in Mk–48 heavyweight torpedoes. </text></paragraph></section><section id="id6f2c4e1d6a364875860e056ca57b929d"><enum>103.</enum><header>Surge in emergency funding to reconstitute stockpiles of critical Marine Corps munitions to deter Russian and Chinese aggression</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 the aggregate amount of $175,000,000 for Procurement, Marine Corps, for a production increase of 115 Naval Strike Missiles. </text></section><section id="id4fd60bbe5162489e8d44bb0d8efbb509"><enum>104.</enum><header>Surge in emergency funding to reconstitute stockpiles of critical Air Force munitions to deter Russian and Chinese aggression</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 the aggregate amount of $806,350,000 for Missile Procurement, Air Force, to acquire replacement munitions and expand the defense industrial base of the United States, in amounts as follows:</text><paragraph id="id0b7adcc35c434d0bb677a11334636ef3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$85,000,000 for a capacity expansion for joint air-to-surface standoff missiles to 1000 missiles per year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id702b3e8cc1314945a44debe1ad104c49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$206,000,000 for a production increase of 500 AIM–9X missiles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf37fb0ce55f744878624a08345d16922"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$139,000,000 for a production increase of 150 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida8aec84e479b41d3a55fc84599ade7f4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$173,000,000 for a production increase in Small Diameter Bomb II bombs. </text></paragraph></section><section id="id42f534c4b4594f1d84ef4d0c7b4e4ca3"><enum>105.</enum><header>Surge in emergency funding to reconstitute stockpiles of critical Department of Defense-wide munitions to deter Russian and Chinese aggression</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 the aggregate amount of $315,000,000 for Procurement, Defense-wide, to acquire replacement munitions and expand the defense industrial base of the United States, in amounts as follows:</text><paragraph id="id87d6a144dc7e47cdb15485df82f16538"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$252,000,000 for a production increase of 8 SM–3 Block IIA missiles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b77f5c4cc814e04bab77fe504b16ff9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$63,000,000 for a capacity expansion for SM–3 Block IIA missiles to 36 missiles per year via test equipment.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id214b1f1e52e043a486c21eb59333265e"><enum>106.</enum><header>Surge in emergency funding to reconstitute stockpiles of critical Army equipment to deter Russian and Chinese aggression</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2023 the aggregate amount of $244,000,000 for Other Procurement, Army, for the Coyote counter-sUAS system.</text></section></title><title id="id08F25BD1B03B4C8A8CB3DBEB01BB4985" style="OLC"><enum>II</enum><header>Other matters</header><section id="idB5B23B5F1BFD41E58E73F5002A5EB5E8"><enum>201.</enum><header>Multiyear contracting authority for weapons procurement</header><subsection id="id505A22FBC256445CAC76879C4B735C3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Defense may execute multiyear contracts for the purposes of acquiring munitions.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0F570804F6D54F13A1FA1EC5C3DCD17A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Any contracts executed under this section shall—</text><paragraph id="id90D12BAF01C04D6A889350A4BC29E4E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not extend beyond five years; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27B66F17A8544F0ABA75C88834ADA43B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>acquire or procure ammunition, bombs, missiles, rockets, or other munitions critical to deterrence or the execution of operational plans.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2911f4d389d340e189e836972ebddc47"><enum>202.</enum><header>Annual report on industrial base constraints for munitions</header><subsection id="id7fe927b5cca247a9bb89342deba329fe"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Briefing on fulfillment of munitions requirements</header><paragraph id="id49665632B168424D90D1A410391120EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall deliver a briefing to the congressional defense committees regarding the current process for fulfilling the requirements of section 222c of title 10, United States Code, in a timely fashion with standardization across the Department of Defense.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id59A3BFD75F8C4F709151096A39034716"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional defense committees defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>congressional defense committees</term> has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddc5cf008a63c492eb0481b97fbc99a81"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual report on industrial base constraints for munitions</header><paragraph id="id373f5b38866d4f25b1554e6776fde5b5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/9">Chapter 9</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/222c">section 222c</external-xref> the following new section:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD90BD465F1A4A52BA5D768E279128F8"><section id="idE7F6AE98C357473287F9CBEC3257B005"><enum>222d.</enum><header>Annual report on industrial base constraints for munitions</header><subsection id="id5573aef2bdb4476fad9547674e0d1e4c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the submission of all reports required under section 222c(a) of this title, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Service Acquisition Executive for each military service, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth in detail the industrial base constraints for each munition identified in the Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9ac66608f9414a1a92d1ca900d81c11d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements, by munition:</text><paragraph id="id51bbad9a708a472a9a22eb118d1d50ea"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Programmed purchase quantities per year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1445f38c0eb54293b8c1b657f33d5e13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Average procurement unit cost per year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id24b8709fd9ba4b7ebecac609036f4564"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Contract type.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7360b348aff847ec9d74797bddfc214f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Current minimum sustaining rate of production per month and year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id906ba9cb5a884bab9a49f150e8273404"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Current maximum rate of production per month and year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf8ebe0ea741347b58abce219b1631a2d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Expected date to meet the total requirement in section 222c of this title under the current programmed purchase profile.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id442c5fe9b2ad460c9574c847ddc57dcf"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A description of industrial base constraints on increased production. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id56a8765f4dad4d50bb61970dec044850"><enum>(8)</enum><text>A description of investments or policy changes made by the contractor to increase production, enable more efficient production, or mitigate significant loss of stability in potential production.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idec22682de4aa4e8e978c7552b9296904"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A description of investments or policy changes made by the United States Government to increase production, enable more efficient production, or mitigate significant loss of stability in potential production.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b663ed2767447b79d591e1a724e33b0"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A description of potential investments or policy changes identified by the contractor or the United States Government to increase production, enable more efficient production, or mitigate significant loss of stability in potential production.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6d02d7e5e209456a8adea235d2dbc1ba"><enum>(11)</enum><text>A list of contracts for munitions with DX or DO ratings under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide85bc04c89e84c0da072697638990f36"><enum>(12)</enum><text>A prioritized list of munitions or capabilities judged to have high value for export for which additional work would be necessary to enable export, including a description of required investments to enhance exportability.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4bf8903c351340bc9afc58b1a381a360"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Working definition of munition</header><text>The Under Secretary may define munition for the purposes of this section given the multiple subtypes of munitions.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id22397E643BB84F30A17B7B0C951F5F29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/9">chapter 9</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/222c">section 222c</external-xref> the following new item:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="id0E70DBEDC40748FD854F7E2EB568C7FA"><toc><toc-entry level="section">222d. Annual report on industrial base constraints for munitions.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idB538317E26B440B986497522A308E5B4"><enum>203.</enum><header>NATO procurement authority</header><subsection id="idd4e8bca9e2aa4b4aa5f3292cf0f9c8f1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Support or Procurement Partnership Agreements</header><text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b) and (d) of section 2350d of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may enter into Support or Procurement Partnership Agreements pursuant to such section to provide materiel and related services—</text><paragraph id="idd02cfe9087c74162ad119073a48125cb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>directly to the Government of Ukraine; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5abb1305b9fa470cadc50a52c42c91b3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to foreign countries that have provided support to Ukraine.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id62c3e3ef71224aa29f03d30a07e92a60"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acquisition and cross-Servicing agreements</header><text>Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 2347, 2348, and 2350 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense may enter into an agreement under section 2342 of such title to provide materiel and related services—</text><paragraph id="id39fb6d738d3b4780801066456ffc98f6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>directly to the Government of Ukraine; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7bd57e1d41e941fa9f25315d8edb9f6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to foreign countries that have provided support to Ukraine. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></title></legis-body></bill> 

