[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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