[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 205 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4854. Mr. TUBERVILLE (for himself, Mr. Manchin, and Mr. Wicker) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 
proposed by Mr. Reed 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 XIV, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1424. ENSURING THE CONSIDERATION OF TITANIUM IN SUPPLY 
                   CHAIN REVIEWS AND NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 
                   REPORTS.

       (a) Consideration in Report on National Defense 
     Stockpile.--The Secretary of Defense shall include, in the 
     first report submitted under section 14 of the Strategic and 
     Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (10 U.S.C. 98h-5) after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the following:
       (1) A material summary evaluating titanium, including in 
     ore and metal forms.
       (2) An assessment of the current state of United States 
     domestic titanium ore production and domestic production of 
     titanium metal.
       (3) A discussion of the implications of the current state 
     of such domestic production for Department of Defense needs.
       (b) Follow-on Report on National Security Implications of 
     Imports.--Not later than June 1, 2022, the Secretary of 
     Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
     Industry and Security, shall submit to Congress a follow-on 
     report to the report of the Department of Commerce entitled 
     ``The Effect of Imports of Titanium Sponge on the National 
     Security'' and dated November 29, 2019, that includes the 
     following:
       (1) A summary of any changes in the domestic titanium 
     industry and global titanium sponge industry that may have 
     occurred since the issuance of the report.
       (2) A summary of factors that contributed to further 
     reliance on imports or reductions in domestic production of 
     titanium since the issuance of the report.
       (3) Any updates to the findings and conclusions of the 
     report as a result of the updated information summarized 
     pursuant to paragraph (1) and (2).
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