[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3515]
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SA 508. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 F of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 866. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MUNITIONS SUPPLY CHAIN
DIVERSITY.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) a viable and diverse United States manufacturing base
in munitions development and production is vitally important;
(2) the military success of the United States and United
States allies relies on the ability of United States
manufacturers to produce bunker buster bombs; and
(3) as the Air Force develops and procures the next
generation of munitions, the Secretary of the Air Force
should ensure adequate capacity and a diverse supply chain
for the current and future development of and manufacturing
capability for these important munitions.
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