[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5491-S5492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6011. Mr. LEE 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 372. REPORT ON CARBON FIBER USED FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE PURPOSES.

       Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
     and relevant Federal agencies, as determined by the

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     Secretary, which shall include the Department of Commerce, 
     and publish in the Federal Register, a report that contains 
     the following:
       (1) The percentages of each of the following categories of 
     military vehicles owned or scheduled to be owned by the 
     Department of Defense that utilize foreign-sourced carbon 
     fiber or domestic-sourced carbon fiber with foreign-sourced 
     polyacrylonitrile:
       (A) Next-generation aircraft and systems for such aircraft.
       (B) Hypersonic aircraft and vehicles.
       (C) Unmanned air vehicles.
       (2) A list of foreign countries from which the Department 
     of Defense imports carbon fiber or polyacrylonitrile, 
     including the amount imported from each country.
       (3) An assessment of the current state of production in the 
     United States of carbon fiber and polyacrylonitrile.
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