[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3314-S3315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6106. Mr. HUSTED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1050. REPORT ON DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF FERROSILICON AND 
                   SILICOMANGANESE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the 
     Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the state of 
     domestic production of ferrosilicon and silicomanganese.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include an assessment of--
       (1) the scale, capacity, and utilization of domestic 
     ferrosilicon and silicomanganese production facilities in 
     operation as of the date of the report;
       (2) the sufficiency of existing and projected domestic 
     production to meet anticipated requirements of the Department 
     of Defense for steel during the 10 years following the date 
     of the report;
       (3) the volume, country of origin, and supply chain 
     reliability of imported ferrosilicon and silicomanganese used 
     in domestic steel manufacturing for defense end uses;
       (4) the economic feasibility of sustainable domestic 
     production of ferrosilicon and silicomanganese, including--
       (A) a comparison of domestic costs to global prices; and
       (B) an assessment of the effect of foreign subsidization 
     and overcapacity; and
       (5) Federal authorities and programs available to support 
     domestic production of ferrosilicon and silicomanganese.
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