[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2034. Mr. CASEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 894. BRIEFING ON FUNDING NECESSARY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF 
                   FEDERAL CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION 
                   RESULTING FROM COVID-19 RELATED SHUTDOWNS.

       Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 
     congressional defense committees a briefing on the total 
     anticipated costs for the Department of Defense associated 
     with implementation of section 3610 of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) and other anticipated contractor requests for 
     equitable adjustment resulting from the effects of COVID-19 
     on the defense industrial base. The Secretary shall provide 
     to the committees written materials in support of the 
     briefing that shall, as minimum include--
       (1) an accounting of amounts reallocated, transferred, or 
     reprogrammed in fiscal year 2020 to cover the costs 
     associated with section 3610 and other effects of COVID-19 on 
     the defense industrial base;
       (2) an assessment of the effects on the Department's 
     customary activities and mission areas as a result of the 
     reallocations, transfers, and reprogrammings described under 
     paragraph (1);
       (3) an assessment of the effect of COVID-19 on the defense 
     industrial base, to include a specific assessment of the 
     effects on small businesses;
       (4) a request and justification for additional 
     appropriations if necessary to address the costs of COVID-19 
     in fiscal year 2020 or fiscal year 2021; and
       (5) recommendations to Congress for additional actions 
     needed to assist the defense industrial base in recovering 
     from the effects of COVID-19.
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