[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1963. Ms. STABENOW submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 appropriate place in title VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 8 __. REPORT ON USE OF DOMESTIC NONAVAILABILITY 
                   DETERMINATIONS.

       Not later than September 30, 2021, and annually thereafter, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to 
     congressional defense committees--
       (1) describing in detail the use of any waiver or exception 
     to the requirements of section 2533a of title 10, United 
     States Code, relating to domestic nonavailability 
     determinations;
       (2) providing reasoning for the use of each such waiver or 
     exception; and
       (3) providing an assessment of the impact on the use of 
     such waivers or exceptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and 
     associated challenges with investments in domestic sources.
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