[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4870]
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SA 5515. Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr.
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 VIII, add the following:
SEC. 875. PRODUCTION OF COMMERCIAL AMMUNITION AT ELIGIBLE
FACILITIES.
The Secretary of the Army shall permit a contractor for an
eligible facility (as defined in section 7551 of title 10,
United States Code) to produce ammunition for commercial sale
if the contractor is able to meet Department of Defense
ammunition requirements while producing commercial
ammunition. The Secretary of the Army may not restrict the
ability of such a contractor to produce ammunition for
commercial sale unless such restriction is necessary to meet
surge capacity and readiness requirements for the Department
of Defense.
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