[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5308-S5309]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3034. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 I, add the following:

     SEC. 144. BRIEFING ON SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLIANCE IN THE F-35 
                   AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the F-35 aircraft program, as one of the premier acquisition 
     programs of the Department of Defense, should be a leader in 
     demonstrating compliance with acquisition policies and 
     statutes and should not be regularly requesting and issuing 
     waivers for the use of noncompliant materials sourced from 
     the People's Republic of China.
       (b) Briefing Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Program Executive Officer of 
     the F-35 Joint Program Office shall brief the congressional 
     defense committees on the compliance of the F-35 aircraft 
     program with chapter 385 of title 10, United States Code.
       (2) Elements.--The briefing required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:

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       (A) A description of all noncompliant materials found in 
     the F-35 aircraft program since the inception of the program.
       (B) A description of efforts to qualify compliant suppliers 
     and encourage domestic suppliers to participate in the F-35 
     aircraft program, including any plans for investments in 
     domestic suppliers through the Office of Industrial Base 
     Policy to address requirements for materials used in the 
     program that were previously subject to a waiver.
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