[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3589]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4532. Mr. MANCHIN 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 F of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 877. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON SOLID ROCKET MOTOR 
                   (SRM) INDUSTRIAL BASE FOR TACTICAL MISSILES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than March 31, 2017, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the solid rocket 
     motor (SRM) industrial base for tactical missiles.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) A review of all Department of Defense reports that have 
     been published since 2009 on the United States tactical solid 
     rocket motor (SRM) industrial base, together with the 
     analyses underlying such reports.
       (2) An examination of the factors the Department uses in 
     awarding SRM contracts and that Department of Defense 
     contractors use in awarding SRM subcontracts, including cost, 
     schedule, technical qualifications, supply chain 
     diversification, past performance, and other evaluation 
     factors, such as meeting offset obligations under foreign 
     military sales agreements.
       (3) An assessment of the foreign-built portion of the 
     United States SRM market and of the effectiveness of actions 
     taken by the Department to address the declining state of the 
     United States tactical SRM industrial base.
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