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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2055 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on certain 

equipment purchased from foreign entities that could be manufactured 

in United States arsenals or depots, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 28, 2015 

Mrs. BUSTOS (for herself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. LOEBSACK, and Mr. TONKO) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress 

a report on certain equipment purchased from foreign 

entities that could be manufactured in United States 

arsenals or depots, 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 ‘‘Make It At Home 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT ON EQUIPMENT PURCHASED FROM FOR2 EIGN ENTITIES THAT COULD BE MANUFAC3 TURED IN UNITED STATES ARSENALS OR DE4 POTS. 

5 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that it shall be the goal of the Secretary of Defense 

7 in conjunction with the Secretaries of the military services 

8 to ensure the management of the manufacturing workload 

9 of the military arsenals to maintain critical capabilities 

10 and ensure cost efficiency and technical competence in 

11 peacetime, while preserving the ability to provide an effec12 tive and timely response to mobilizations, national defense 

13 contingency situations and other emergent requirements. 

14 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

15 on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 

16 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 

17 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall 

18 submit to the congressional defense committees a report 

19 on the equipment, weapons, weapons systems, compo20 nents, subcomponents, and end-items purchased from for21 eign entities and identify those items which could be man22 ufactured in the military arsenals of the United States or 

23 the military depots of the United States to meet the goals 

24 of subsection (a) or section 2464 of title 10, United States 

25 Code, as well as a plan for moving that workload into the 

26 military arsenals or depots. 


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1 (c) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by 

2 subsection (b) shall include each of the following: 

3 (1) An identification of items purchased by for4 eign manufacturers— 

5 (A) described in section 8302(a)(1) of title 

6 41, United States Code, and purchased from a 

7 foreign manufacturer by reason of an exception 

8 under section 8302(a)(2)(A) or section 

9 8302(a)(2)(B) of such title; 

10 (B) described in section 2533b(a)(1) of 

11 title 10, United States Code, and purchased 

12 from a foreign manufacturer by reason of an 

13 exception under section 2533b(b); and 

14 (C) described in section 2534(a) of such 

15 title and purchased from a foreign manufac16 turer by reason of a waiver exercised under 

17 paragraph (1), (2), (4), or (5) of section 

18 2534(d) of such title. 

19 (2) An assessment of the skills required to 

20 manufacture the items identified in paragraph (1) 

21 and a comparison of those skills with skills required 

22 to meet the critical capabilities identified by the 

23 Army Report to Congress on Critical Manufacturing 

24 Capabilities and Capacities dated August 2013 and 

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1 tary service pursuant to section 2464 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, as of the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act. 

4 (3) An identification of the tooling, equipment, 

5 and facilities upgrades necessary for a military arse6 nal or depot to perform the manufacturing workload 

7 identified under paragraph (1). 

8 (4) An identification of workload identified in 

9 paragraph (1) most appropriate for transfer to mili10 tary arsenals or depots to meet the goals of sub11 section (a) or the requirements of section 2464 of 

12 title 10, United States Code. 

13 (5) A plan to transfer manufacturing workload 

14 identified in paragraph (4) to the military arsenals 

15 or depots within a stated time frame. 

16 (6) Such other information the Secretary con17 siders necessary for adherence to paragraphs (4) 

18 and (5). 

19 (7) An explanation of the rationale for con20 tinuing to sole-source manufacturing workload iden21 tified in paragraph (1) from a foreign source rather 

22 than a military arsenal, depot, or other organic facil23 ity. 

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