[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3741]
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  SA 4638. Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Ernst, and Mr. 
Durbin) 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. STRATEGY ON REVITALIZING ARMY ORGANIC INDUSTRIAL 
                   BASE.

       (a) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy on 
     revitalizing the Army Organic Industrial Base (OIB). The 
     strategy should detail the Army's plan to ensure the long-
     term viability of the Army's Organic Industrial Base.
       (b) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) 
     shall include at a minimum the following elements:
       (1) An assessment of Army legacy items sustained by the 
     Defense Logistics Agency.
       (2) A description of the use of the OIB to address 
     Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages.
       (3) Required critical capabilities across the OIB.
       (4) An assessment of infrastructure across the OIB.
       (5) An assessment of the OIB and private sector 
     manufacturing sources.
       (6) A description of the use of contracting to meet the OIB 
     requirements.
       (7) An assessment of current and future workloads across 
     the OIB.
       (8) An assessment of processes used to identify critical 
     capabilities for the Army's OIB and methods used to determine 
     workloads.
       (9) An assessment of exiting labor rates.
       (10) A description of required manufacturing skills needed 
     to sustain readiness.
       (11) A description of the use of private and public 
     partnerships.
       (12) A description of the use of working capital funds.
       (13) An assessment of operating expenses and the ability to 
     reduce or recover those expenses.
       (c) 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, including 
     arsenals, depots, munition plants and centers, and storage 
     sites, that advance a vital national security interest by 
     producing, maintaining, repairing, and storing the necessary 
     materiel, munitions, and hardware.
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