[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3371-S3372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 253. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 C of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 333. LIFE CYCLE SUSTAINMENT BUDGET EXHIBIT FOR MAJOR 
                   WEAPON SYSTEMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall update the 
     Financial Management Regulation of the Department of Defense 
     to ensure that a PB-60 or similar life cycle sustainment 
     budget exhibit is prepared for

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     each major weapon system of the Department by the Secretary 
     of the military department concerned.
       (b) Elements of Budget Exhibits.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall ensure that each budget exhibit described in subsection 
     (a)--
       (1) identifies a goal for material availability, material 
     reliability, and mean down time metrics for each weapons 
     system and includes an explanation of factors that may 
     preclude the Secretary of the military department concerned 
     from meeting that goal; and
       (2) reflects the period covered by the future-years defense 
     program specified by section 221 of title 10, United States 
     Code, with respect to the budget for which the budget exhibit 
     is prepared.
       (c) Inclusion in Budget Submittal.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall include the budget exhibits required under 
     subsection (a) with the budget request submitted by the 
     President to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United State Code, for fiscal year 2021 and each year 
     thereafter.
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