[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8179]
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  SA 4646. Mr. LUJAN 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 VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 821. USE OF DOMESTICALLY SOURCED COMPONENTS IN 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SATELLITES.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 385 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
     4864 the following new section:

     ``Sec. 4865. Domestic source requirement for certain 
       satellite components

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not acquire 
     a covered component for a Department of Defense satellite 
     unless the covered component is manufactured in the United 
     States.
       ``(b) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the prohibition 
     under subsection (a) with respect to the acquisition of a 
     covered component if the Secretary--
       ``(1) determines that--
       ``(A) no significant national security concerns regarding 
     counterfeiting, quality, or unauthorized access would be 
     created by waiving the prohibition;
       ``(B) the acquisition of the covered component is required 
     to support national security; and
       ``(C) the covered component is not available from a source 
     inside the United States of satisfactory quality, in 
     sufficient quantity, in the required form, and at reasonable 
     cost; and
       ``(2) submits to the congressional defense committees a 
     report on the determination under paragraph (1).
       ``(c) Applicability.--This section applies respect to 
     contracts entered into on or after October 1, 2022.
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Covered component.--The term `covered component' 
     means a space-qualified solar cell, cell-interconnect-
     coverglass (CIC) assembly, solar panel, or solar array.
       ``(2) Department of defense satellite.--The term 
     `Department of Defense satellite' means a satellite the 
     principal purpose of which is to support the needs of the 
     Department of Defense.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     385 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 4864 the following new item:

``4865. Domestic source requirement for certain satellite 
              components.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     take effect on January 1, 2022.
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