[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4383. Mr. WARNER 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 A of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 807. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL IMPERATIVE FOR 
                   INDUSTRIAL SKILLS PROGRAM.

       (a) Authority.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out 
     and accelerate the Department of Defense National Imperative 
     for Industrial Skills Program within the Industrial Base 
     Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Office to evaluate and 
     further develop workforce development training programs for 
     training the skilled industrial workers needed in the defense 
     industrial base.
       (2) Priorities.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary 
     shall prioritize--
       (A) innovative training programs that can rapidly train 
     skilled workers for placement in the defense industrial base 
     faster than traditional training programs and at the scale 
     needed to measurably reduce, as rapidly as possible, the 
     manpower shortages that currently exist; and
       (B) training programs that can address the specific 
     manufacturing requirements and skills that are unique to 
     critical industrial sectors of the defense industrial base, 
     such as naval shipbuilding.
       (b) Funding.--
       (1) In general.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022 for 
     Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide and 
     available for Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment 
     Support is increased by $10,00,000, with the amount of such 
     increase to be available for pilot projects carried out 
     pursuant to subsection (a).
       (2) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022 for Other 
     Procurement, Navy and available for LCS MCM Mission Modules 
     is reduced by $10,000,000.
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