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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9482 

To require the Defense Logistics Agency to allow contractors to use additive 

manufacturing for spare parts for the Department of Defense, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 

Ms. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To require the Defense Logistics Agency to allow contractors 

to use additive manufacturing for spare parts for the 

Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spare Parts Competi5 tion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR SPARE PARTS. 

7 (a) ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ALLOWED.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para9 graph (2), a contractor providing spare parts to the 


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1 Defense Logistics Agency may manufacture such 

2 spare parts using additive manufacturing except to 

3 the extent that the contract or other agreement 

4 under which such contractor is providing such spare 

5 parts to the Defense Logistics Agency express pro6 hibits the use of additive manufacturing for such 

7 spare parts. 

8 (2) WAIVER.—The Under Secretary of Defense 

9 for Acquisition and Sustainment may waiver para10 graph (1) with respect to a spare part or contract 

11 or other agreement if the Under Secretary deter12 mines that such a waiver is in the interest of na13 tional security or necessary to reduce the costs to 

14 the Department of Defense. 

15 (b) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—Not later than 

16 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 

17 the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall make 

18 publicly available on a website of the Defense Logistics 

19 Agency the following: 

20 (1) A list of the of National Stock Numbers for 

21 which the Department of Defense has qualified addi22 tive manufacturing designs for use as spare parts in 

23 systems of the Department. 

24 (2) A list, disaggregated by subject area, of the 

25 additive manufacturing designs for goods properly 


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1 submitted to the Defense Logistics Agency for quali2 fication for use as spare parts in systems of the De3 partment of Defense, for which the Defense Logis4 tics Agency has not granted such qualification as of 

5 the date on which the Director makes publicly avail6 able the information required under this subsection 

7 pursuant to this subsection. 

8 (3) The rate at which additive manufacturing 

9 designs for goods are being submitted to the Defense 

10 Logistics Agency, the military departments, and the 

11 other elements of the Department of Defense for 

12 qualification for use as spare parts in systems of the 

13 Department of Defense, including the changes in 

14 such rate during the three-year period immediately 

15 preceding the date on which the Director publishes 

16 such rate on a website of the Defense Logistics 

17 Agency pursuant to this subsection. 

18 (4) An assessment of whether the Defense Lo19 gistics Agency, each of the military departments, 

20 and the Department of Defense as a whole have suf21 ficient appropriate personnel required to evaluate 

22 additive manufacturing designs for goods for quali23 fication for use as spare parts in a timely manner. 

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1 facturing processes to produce parts suitable for use 

2 in aircraft of the Department of Defense, including 

3 an explanation of the efforts of the Defense Logis4 tics Agency, if any, to develop and implement such 

5 a qualification approach or, if the Defense Logistics 

6 Agency is not pursing such a qualification approach, 

7 why the Defense Logistics Agency ceased pursing 

8 such a qualification approach. 

9 (6) An explanation of the goals of the Defense 

10 Logistics Agency with respect to the manufacture of 

11 spare parts for the Defense Logistics Agency 

12 through the use of additive manufacturing, including 

13 the types of spare parts the Defense Logistics Agen14 cy has determined to be strong candidates for manu15 facturing through the use of additive manufacturing 

16 and any plans of the Defense Logistics Agency to 

17 achieve such goals. 

18 (7) An assessment of whether the contracting 

19 practices of the Defense Logistics Agency are opti20 mized to encourage submission of spare parts manu21 factured using additive manufacturing for qualifica22 tion for use as spare parts in systems of the Depart23 ment of Defense. 

24 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

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1 fense Logistics Agency shall submit to Congress a report 

2 containing— 

3 (1) the list of the of National Stock Numbers 

4 for which the Department of Defense has qualified 

5 additive manufacturing designs for use as spare 

6 parts in systems of the Department, disaggregated 

7 by subject area; and 

8 (2) an explanation of the barriers to the De9 fense Logistics Agency— 

10 (A) encouraging contractors to submit new 

11 additive manufacturing designs for qualification 

12 for use as spare parts in systems of the Depart13 ment; and 

14 (B) evaluating such new additive manufac15 turing designs in a timely manner. 

16 (d) MILITARY DEPARTMENT DEFINED.—In this sec17 tion, the term ‘‘military department’’ has the meaning 

18 given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United 

19 States Code. 

20 SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS RE21 LATING TO SPARE PARTS IN GLOBAL SPARES 

22 POOL RELATING TO F–35 PROGRAM. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 

24 through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 

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1 essary to implement the recommendations of the Comp2 troller General of the United States contained in the re3 port entitled ‘‘F–35 Program: DOD Needs Better Ac4 countability for Global Spare Parts and Reporting of 

5 Losses Worth Millions’’ (GAO–23–106098), published on 

6 May 23, 2023. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

9 shall submit to Congress a report on the progress of the 

10 implementation required by subsection (a). 

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