[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3197]
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  SA 4152. Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Grassley, and Mrs. 
Ernst) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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:

       At the end of subtitle H of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 899C. ARMY ARSENAL REVITALIZATION.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Legacy items.--The term ``legacy items'' means 
     manufactured items that are no longer produced by the private 
     sector but continue to be used for Department of Defense 
     weapons systems, excluding information technology and 
     information systems (as those terms are defined in section 
     11101 of title 40, United States Code).
       (2) Organic industrial base.--The term ``organic industrial 
     base'' means United States military facilities that advance a 
     vital national security interest by producing necessary 
     materials, munitions, and hardware, including arsenals and 
     depots.
       (b) Report on Use of Organic Industrial Base and Private 
     Sector to Manufacture Certain Items.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense 
     Logistics Agency shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report listing all legacy items used by the 
     Department of Defense with a contract value equal to or 
     greater than $5,000,000.
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include, for each item listed, a list of potential 
     alternative manufacturing sources from the organic industrial 
     base and private sector that could be developed to establish 
     competition for those items.
       (c) Use of Organic Industrial Base to Address Diminishing 
     Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages.--
       (1) Report on improving guidance and practices.--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 plans to update and 
     improve its guidance and practices on Diminishing 
     Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS), 
     including through the use of the organic industrial base as a 
     resource in the implementation of a DMSMS management plan.
       (2) Report on identification of army arsenal critical 
     capabilities and minimum workloads.--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 that includes--
       (A) a standardized method for identifying the critical 
     capabilities and minimum workloads of the Army arsenals; and
       (B) a progress update on implementation of the United 
     States Army Organic Industrial Base Strategic Plan 2012-2022.
       (d) Assessment to Determine Labor Rate Flexibility.--Not 
     later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Defense shall complete a labor rate 
     assessment for all Working Capital Fund entities to determine 
     whether to utilize a flexible labor rate within the Working 
     Capital Fund's high and low labor rate budget amounts and 
     change the period of time that rates are set from annual to 
     bi-annual or quarterly. The assessment shall include 
     recommendations based upon data received from the assessment, 
     including incorporating more flexibility into the Working 
     Capital Fund's labor rates.
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