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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spare Parts Competi-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR SPARE PARTS. 
(a) ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ALLOWED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by para-
graph (2), a contractor providing spare parts to the 
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Defense Logistics Agency may manufacture such 
spare parts using additive manufacturing except to 
the extent that the contract or other agreement 
under which such contractor is providing such spare 
parts to the Defense Logistics Agency express pro-
hibits the use of additive manufacturing for such 
spare parts. 
(2) WAIVER.—The Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment may waiver para-
graph (1) with respect to a spare part or contract 
or other agreement if the Under Secretary deter-
mines that such a waiver is in the interest of na-
tional security or necessary to reduce the costs to 
the Department of Defense. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall make 
publicly available on a website of the Defense Logistics 
Agency the following: 
(1) A list of the of National Stock Numbers for 
which the Department of Defense has qualified addi-
tive manufacturing designs for use as spare parts in 
systems of the Department. 
(2) A list, disaggregated by subject area, of the 
additive manufacturing designs for goods properly 
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facturing processes to produce parts suitable for use 
in aircraft of the Department of Defense, including 
an explanation of the efforts of the Defense Logis-
tics Agency, if any, to develop and implement such 
a qualification approach or, if the Defense Logistics 
Agency is not pursing such a qualification approach, 
why the Defense Logistics Agency ceased pursing 
such a qualification approach. 
(6) An explanation of the goals of the Defense 
Logistics Agency with respect to the manufacture of 
spare parts for the Defense Logistics Agency 
through the use of additive manufacturing, including 
the types of spare parts the Defense Logistics Agen-
cy has determined to be strong candidates for manu-
facturing through the use of additive manufacturing 
and any plans of the Defense Logistics Agency to 
achieve such goals. 
(7) An assessment of whether the contracting 
practices of the Defense Logistics Agency are opti-
mized to encourage submission of spare parts manu-
factured using additive manufacturing for qualifica-
tion for use as spare parts in systems of the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Director of the De-
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fense Logistics Agency shall submit to Congress a report 
containing— 
(1) the list of the of National Stock Numbers 
for which the Department of Defense has qualified 
additive manufacturing designs for use as spare 
parts in systems of the Department, disaggregated 
by subject area; and 
(2) an explanation of the barriers to the De-
fense Logistics Agency— 
(A) encouraging contractors to submit new 
additive manufacturing designs for qualification 
for use as spare parts in systems of the Depart-
ment; and 
(B) evaluating such new additive manufac-
turing designs in a timely manner. 
(d) MILITARY DEPARTMENT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘military department’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS RE-
LATING TO SPARE PARTS IN GLOBAL SPARES 
POOL RELATING TO F–35 PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment, shall take such actions as may be nec-
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essary to implement the recommendations of the Comp-
troller General of the United States contained in the re-
port entitled ‘‘F–35 Program: DOD Needs Better Ac-
countability for Global Spare Parts and Reporting of 
Losses Worth Millions’’ (GAO–23–106098), published on 
May 23, 2023. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report on the progress of the 
implementation required by subsection (a). 
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