[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4508 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4508

    To prepare for contested logistics environments, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prepare for contested logistics environments, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Bolstering Indo-Pacific Capabilities 
Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA IN CONTESTED 
              LOGISTICS DEMONSTRATION AND PROTOTYPING PROGRAM.

    Section 842(h)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) as 
        subparagraphs (D), (F), and (G), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Japan;''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D), as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1), the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) the Republic of Korea;''.

SEC. 3. REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CAPABILITIES TO SUPPORT 
              OPERATIONS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION IN A CONTESTED 
              LOGISTICS ENVIRONMENT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a review of 
the planning and capabilities of the Department of Defense to support 
operations in the region of the Indo-Pacific Command in a contested 
logistics environment (as defined in section 2926(h) of title 10, 
United States Code).
    (b) Elements of Review.--The review required by subsection (a) 
shall--
            (1) assess the role of each military service with the joint 
        force and with respect to the other military services in a 
        contested logistics environment;
            (2) assess the ability of each military service to enable 
        effective maintenance and repair activities in a contested 
        logistics environment;
            (3) assess the ability of each military service to 
        preposition or store materials needed to enable rapid surge 
        capability or to support operations in a contested logistics 
        environment;
            (4) assess the ability of each military service to 
        identify, develop, demonstrate, and field effective and 
        efficient means of conducting repairs of equipment when 
        permanent repair facilities are inaccessible; and
            (5) identify the resources or the need for any additional 
        resources required by the Secretary of Defense to reduce or 
        mitigate the risks associated with operations in a contested 
        logistics environment.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
        submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
        detailing the results of the review required by subsection (a).
            (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
        annex.

SEC. 4. EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTIONS ON REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF NAVAL 
              VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE 
              AND REPAIR EXERCISES.

    Section 8680(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), during each fiscal year, 
scheduled maintenance or repair may be performed on not more than six 
naval vessels described in paragraph (1) outside the United States or 
Guam if--
            ``(A) the period for the maintenance or repair is less than 
        90 consecutive days in duration; and
            ``(B) the maintenance or repair is performed as part of an 
        exercise to develop and improve the ability to perform 
        maintenance or repair during wartime or periods of increased 
        international tension.''.

SEC. 5. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.

    In this Act, 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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