[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7611]
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SA 4139. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Casey) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 B of title I, add the following:
SEC. 125. PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN FOR ENSURING
SOURCES OF CANNON TUBES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall develop
and implement an investment and sustainment plan to ensure
the sourcing of cannon tubes for the purpose of mitigating
risk to the Army and the industrial base.
(b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An identification of qualified and capable sources from
which the Army may procure cannon tubes (not including
sources from which the Army procures cannon tubes as of the
date of the enactment of this Act).
(2) A determination of the feasibility, advisability, and
affordability of procuring cannon tubes from the sources
identified under paragraph (1) on a sustainable basis.
(c) Report; Implementation.--The Secretary of the Army
shall--
(1) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, submit to Congress a report describing how the
Army will implement the plan required by subsection (a); and
(2) not later than 120 days after the date on which the
report required by paragraph (1) is submitted, implement the
plan required by subsection (a), including by procuring
cannon tubes from a source identified in the plan under
subsection (b)(1).
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