[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3870]
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  SA 1811. Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 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, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table, as 
follows:

       On page 375, line 4, insert ``, which includes a 
     sustainment strategy,'' after ``strategy''.
       On page 377, line 13, strike ``(d) In this section'' and 
     insert the following:
       ``(9) A sustainment strategy which includes all aspects of 
     the total life cycle management of the weapon system, 
     including product support, logistics, product support 
     engineering, supply chain integration, maintenance, 
     acquisition logistics, and all aspects of software 
     sustainment.
       ``(d) Independent Cost Estimate.--The Director of Cost 
     Analysis and Program Evaluation shall perform an evaluation 
     of the sustainment portion of the acquisition strategy 
     required by subsection (c)(9) prior to the Milestone B 
     decision.
       ``(e) In this section
       On page 410, after line 21, add the following:

     SEC. 852. SUSTAINMENT ENHANCEMENT.

       (a) Assessment Expansion of Functions of Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness to 
     Include Sustainment Functions.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
     a report setting forth an assessment of the feasibility and 
     advisability of--
       (1) assigning to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
     Logistics and Materiel Readiness--
       (A) functions relating to the sustainment strategy required 
     under section 2431a(c)(9) of Title 10, United States Code, as 
     added by section 841 of this Act; and
       (B) functions relating to manufacturing and industrial base 
     policy currently being carried out within the Office of the 
     Secretary of Defense; and
       (2) redesignating such Assistant Secretary (with such 
     functions so assigned and together with the current logistics 
     and material readiness functions of such Assistant Secretary) 
     as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that --
       (1) the Department of Defense does not place sufficient 
     emphasis on sustainment of a weapon system during the entire 
     acquisition process; and
       (2) the Department of Defense should address this 
     deficiency and ensure that all aspect of weapon system 
     sustainment are carefully considered throughout the entire 
     Integrated Defense Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics 
     Life Cycle Management System.
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