[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7613]
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  SA 4146. Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself and Mr. Braun) 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 C of title XIV, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1424. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF DOMESTIC 
                   TITANIUM ORE MINING AND DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 
                   TITANIUM METAL.

       (a) In General.--Not later than June 1, 2022, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees an assessment of--
       (1) the current state of United States domestic titanium 
     ore mining and domestic production of titanium metal; and
       (2) its implications for the supply chains of the 
     Department of Defense.
       (b) Elements.--The assessment required by subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) a comparison of how much titanium metal is required 
     annually by the Department of Defense and how much titanium 
     ore and titanium metal is available from the United States 
     domestic supply chains;
       (2) an assessment of the reliability of titanium producers 
     outside the United States during national defense emergency 
     scenarios; and
       (3) any other matters the Comptroller General considers 
     appropriate to include.
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