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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5556 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5556

       To require a solid rocket motor industrial base strategy.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 17 (legislative day, December 16), 2024

  Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
       To require a solid rocket motor industrial base strategy.

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

SECTION 1. SOLID ROCKET MOTOR INDUSTRIAL BASE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2025, the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, acting through the Director 
of the Joint Production Accelerator Cell of the Department of Defense 
and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy for 
ensuring that the defense industrial base of the United States can meet 
requirements for programs of record relating to solid rocket motors.
    (b) Coordination.--In developing the strategy required under 
subsection (a), the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment shall coordinate with the following:
            (1) The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, 
        Development, and Acquisition.
            (2) The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, 
        Logistics, and Technology.
            (3) The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
        Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
            (4) The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space 
        Acquisition and Integration.
            (5) The Director of the Missile Defense Agency.
    (c) Elements.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
            (1) An assessment of emerging technologies or manufacturing 
        processes that would support the modernization or evolution of 
        the defense industrial base of the United States to meet 
        requirements for programs of record relating to solid rocket 
        motors.
            (2) A plan to prioritize government funding for the 
        following:
                    (A) Government-owned, Government-operated energetic 
                materials facilities.
                    (B) Government-owned, contractor-operated energetic 
                materials facilities.
                    (C) Private energetic materials facilities.
    (d) Review and Report.--
            (1) Review.--Not later than March 1, 2025, the Secretary of 
        Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally 
        funded research and development center to conduct a review of 
        the of the defense industrial base of the United States for 
        solid rocket motors that includes the following:
                    (A) An assessment of the capacity and capability of 
                existing solid rocket motor industrial base, including 
                the supply base and personnel of such manufacturers, to 
                support the expansion of the solid rocket motor 
                industrial base.
                    (B) The capability and capacity of potential new 
                entrants to the solid rocket motor industrial base, 
                including private entities funded by the Federal 
                Government.
                    (C) An assessment of the process for qualifying new 
                entrants, including new manufacturing processes, for 
                solid rocket motors.
                    (D) An assessment of the capacity and capability of 
                the solid rocket motor industrial base to support the 
                demands of existing programs of record.
                    (E) An assessment of the capacity and capability of 
                the solid rocket motor industrial base to support 
                potential future demands of programs of record.
                    (F) A mapping of programs of record and potential 
                future munitions programs to solid rocket motor 
                manufacturer throughput.
                    (G) Identification of current and potential 
                shortfalls in common precursors and chemicals.
                    (H) A broad assessment of commercial sector, civil 
                sector, and Department of Defense pressures on the 
                solid rocket motor industrial base.
            (2) Report.--
                    (A) To secretary.--Not later than September 30, 
                2025, a federally funded research and development 
                center that enters into contract under this subsection 
                shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on 
                the results of the review conducted under paragraph 
                (1).
                    (B) To congress.--Not later than 30 days after 
                receipt of the report described in subparagraph (A), 
                the Secretary of Defense shall submit such report, 
                along with any comments of the Secretary, to the 
                congressional defense committees.
    (e) Energetic Materials Defined.--The term ``energetic materials'' 
has the meaning given in section 148 of title 10, United States Code.
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