[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3710-S3711]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1557. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

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     SEC. 884. ARSENAL AND ORGANIC INDUSTRIAL BASE SKILLS 
                   SUSTAINMENT AND DOMESTIC PRODUCTION INITIATIVE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
     which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 
     submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
     Unites States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
     the congressional defense committees a report on the 
     equipment, weapons, weapons systems, components, 
     subcomponents, and end-items purchased from foreign entities 
     and identify those items which could be manufactured in the 
     military arsenals of the United States or the military depots 
     of the United States to meet the goals of section 2464 of 
     title 10, United States Code, as well as a plan for moving 
     that workload into the military arsenals or depots.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     address the following:
       (1) Identification of items purchased by foreign 
     manufacturers meeting the definition of--
       (A) section 8302(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code, 
     with an exception granted under subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
     section 8302(a)(2) of such title;
       (B) section 2533b(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
     with an exception granted under section 2533(b) of such 
     title; and
       (C) section 2534(a) of title 10, United States Code, with a 
     waiver exercised under paragraph (1), (2), (4), or (5) of 
     section 2534(d) of such title.
       (2) Assessment of the skills required to manufacture the 
     items identified in paragraph (1) and comparison of those 
     skills with skills required to meet the critical capabilities 
     identified by the Army Report to Congress on Critical 
     Manufacturing Capabilities and Capacities, dated August 2013, 
     and the core logistics capabilities identified by each 
     military service pursuant to section 2464 of title 10, United 
     States Code, as of the date of enactment of this bill.
       (3) Identification of the tooling, equipment and facilities 
     upgrades necessary for a military arsenal or depot to perform 
     the manufacturing workload identified under paragraph (1).
       (4) Identification of workload identified in paragraph (1) 
     most appropriate for transfer to military arsenals or depots 
     to meet the goals of subsection (a) or requirements of 
     section 2464 of title 10, United States Code.
       (5) A plan to transfer manufacturing workload identified in 
     paragraph (4) to the military arsenals or depots within a 
     stated timeframe.
       (6) Such other information the Secretary considers 
     necessary for adherence to paragraphs (4) and (5).
       (7) An explanation of the rationale for continuing to sole-
     source manufacturing workload identified in paragraph (1) 
     from a foreign source rather than a military arsenal, depot, 
     or other organic facility.
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