[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4671. 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 D of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 246. BRIEFING ON ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Army Combat 
     Capabilities Development Command shall brief the 
     congressional defense committees on--
       (1) current research and development activities to leverage 
     robotics, autonomy, and artificial intelligence to enhance 
     additive manufacturing capabilities in forward-deployed, 
     expeditionary bases; and
       (2) courses of action being considered to successfully 
     transition additive manufacturing capabilities into sustained 
     operational capabilities.
       (b) Elements.--The briefing required by subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A summary of research advances and innovations in 
     expeditionary manufacturing enabled by past investments 
     combining artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing.
       (2) A summary of plans and ongoing activities to engage 
     with operational programs and programs of record to ensure 
     that such advances and innovations can be successfully 
     transitioned and supported to maximize mission readiness and 
     force resiliency.
       (3) An assessment of the feasibility of initiating pilot 
     programs between institutions of higher education, the 
     defense industrial base, and the Army Combat Capabilities 
     Development Command related to experimentation and 
     demonstrations of expeditionary manufacturing techniques.
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