[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 452. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. REPORTING ON LIFE CYCLE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH NON-
                   DOMESTIC SOURCING OF SHIPBUILDING COMPONENTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     amend the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation to require the Senior Technical 
     Authority to assess and provide reporting on the total life 
     cycle costs associated with the procurement of a non-domestic 
     component for a shipbuilding program before the component is 
     so procured.
       (b) Elements.--The assessment required under subsection (a) 
     shall assess--
       (1) the cost impact on other shipbuilding programs for 
     which a domestic supplier is manufacturing components should 
     that component be procured form a non-domestic manufacturer;
       (2) the cost impact on the life-cycle sustainment of the 
     applicable shipbuilding program due to commonality with 
     similar components already in the fleet that have already met 
     applicable Navy standards; and
       (3) the cost differential between domestic and equivalent 
     foreign components that may be due to direct or indirect 
     foreign government investment or reduced regulatory costs in 
     that country of origin.
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