[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5984-S5985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3246. Mr. KAINE 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 C of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 855. WARM BASE MANUFACTURING PILOT PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN 
                   AND IMPROVE DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING SURGE 
                   CAPACITY FOR WARFIGHTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL-GRADE 
                   PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

       (a) Establishment of Pilot Program.--Not later than 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to be

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     known as the ``Assuring Critical Infrastructure to Supply 
     Warfighter Emergency Medical-grade Personal Protective 
     Equipment Pilot Program''.
       (b) Selection of Installations.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting 
     through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland 
     Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, shall select geographically 
     diverse locations in the United States that can surge 
     medical-grade personal protective equipment for warfighters 
     to respond to national or international public health 
     emergencies.
       (2) Prioritization.--
       (A) In general.--In selecting locations under paragraph 
     (1), the Secretary of Defense shall give priority to domestic 
     facilities where the Department has already invested funds to 
     transform medical-grade personal protective equipment raw 
     materials into finished products that are essential to 
     maintain warfighter health and safety in the event of a 
     national or international public health emergency.
       (B) Additional priority.--In selecting locations under 
     paragraph (1), preference should be given to installations 
     that--
       (i) have the presence of critical transportation 
     infrastructure immediately adjacent to the selected domestic 
     facility that facilitates expedited inbound transportation of 
     medical-grade personal protective equipment raw materials and 
     outbound transportation of finished medical-grade personal 
     protective equipment;
       (ii) are ISO 13815 certified;
       (iii) are subject to periodic audit by the Food and Drug 
     Administration;
       (iv) have the ability to provide and quickly surge medical-
     grade personal protective equipment for warfighter use;
       (v) have the capacity to support expansion of non-woven 
     fabric production; and
       (vi) can minimize raw material production waste by 
     utilizing a scrap reclamation process.
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