[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7753]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4269. Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. King, and Mrs. 
Hyde-Smith) 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 I, add the following:

     SEC. 138. REPORT ON THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF A MULTIYEAR 
                   CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 THROUGH 2027 FOR 
                   THE PROCUREMENT OF FLIGHT III ARLEIGH BURKE-
                   CLASS DESTROYERS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the potential benefits of a 
     multiyear contract for the period of fiscal year 2023 through 
     2027 for the procurement of Flight III Arleigh Burke-class 
     destroyers.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include preliminary findings, and the basis for such 
     findings, of the Secretary with respect to whether--
       (1) the use of a contract described in such subsection 
     could result in significant savings of the total anticipated 
     costs of carrying out the program through annual contracts;
       (2) the minimum need for the destroyers described in such 
     subsection to be purchased is expected to remain 
     substantially unchanged during the contemplated contract 
     period in terms of production rate, procurement rate, and 
     total quantities;
       (3) there is a reasonable expectation that throughout the 
     contemplated contract period the Secretary of Defense will 
     request funding for the contract at the level required to 
     avoid contract cancellation;
       (4) there is a stable design for the destroyers to be 
     acquired and that the technical risks associated with such 
     property are not excessive;
       (5) the estimates of both the cost of the contract and the 
     anticipated cost avoidance through the use of a multiyear 
     contract are realistic; and
       (6) the use of such a contract will promote the national 
     security of the United States.
       (c) Evaluation by Quantity.--The report required by 
     subsection (a) shall evaluate each of the following 
     quantities of Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for 
     the period described in such subsection:
       (1) 10.
       (2) 12.
       (3) 15.
       (4) Any other quantities the Secretary of the Navy 
     considers appropriate.
                                 ______