[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4998]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5613. Mr. HAGERTY 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 D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 357. 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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