[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2543. Mr. DONNELLY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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. 864. PILOT PROGRAM TO DEVELOP INDUSTRIAL BASE PLANS AND 
                   PROJECTIONS FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, working through 
     the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
     Sustainment, and in coordination with the Secretaries of the 
     military departments, shall establish a pilot program to 
     develop industrial base plans and projections for elements of 
     the defense industrial bases that support selected major 
     defense acquisition programs.
       (b) Designation of MDAPs.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     designate not less than two major defense acquisition 
     programs for each military department to participate in the 
     pilot program. Not less than two of the programs designated 
     shall be software-intensive systems.
       (c) Information Repository.--
       (1) In general.--For each major defense acquisition program 
     designated to participate in the pilot program, the Secretary 
     concerned, in coordination with the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall develop an 
     information repository that includes information on--
       (A) primary and subtier suppliers of major and critical 
     components, technologies, and services supporting the 
     program;
       (B) the location of each supplier, as well as the location 
     of any supplier facilities supporting the program that are 
     located outside of the United States;
       (C) the ability of each supplier to support the 
     requirements of the program over the future-years defense 
     program and the next 10 years;
       (D) for each supplier or supplier facility as referenced in 
     subsection (b)(1)(B) that is not located in Australia, New 
     Zealand, Canada, or the United Kingdom, an assessment of the 
     time and cost associated with securing an alternative 
     domestic source of supply should the need arise;
       (E) critical shortfalls in specific elements of the 
     program's supporting industrial base; and
       (F) other information as deemed appropriate by the Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment.
       (2) Use of repository.--The Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Sustainment and other appropriate officials 
     shall use the repositories established under paragraph (1) to 
     assess critical shortfalls and dependence on industrial base 
     capabilities that affect multiple programs, including 
     programs not participating in the pilot program under this 
     section.
       (d) Annual Report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on activities under the pilot 
     program, including--
       (1) identification of programs participating in the pilot;
       (2) a description of the information repository and 
     analysis tools being used to support the program;
       (3) a description of industrial base shortfalls identified 
     in the pilot program; and
       (4) a description of the overseas locations identified 
     under subsection (c)(1)(B), and an assessment of industrial 
     base risks associated with those locations over the future-
     years defense program and the next 10 years.
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