[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 199 (Tuesday, November 16, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4694. Mr. HAGERTY 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 376. BRIEFING ON DEPOT MAINTENANCE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
     for Readiness shall brief the congressional defense 
     committees on the source of repair decision-making process of 
     the Department of Defense for depots.
       (b) Elements.--The briefing required under subsection (a) 
     shall include--
       (1) information on how costs and risks to readiness of the 
     Armed Forces are being addressed in the process described in 
     subsection (a);
       (2) a timeline for decision making under such process; and
       (3) an assessment of the objective balance of workload 
     between the public and private sectors under such process.
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