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‘‘(6) Issuing and revising the Department of 
Defense technology and industrial base guidance re-
quired by section 2506 of this title. 
‘‘(7) Such other duties as are assigned by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING
OF ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
shall include a section describing the activities of the 
Council in the annual report to Congress required by sec-
tion 2505 of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘188. Industrial Base Council.’’. 
(b) INDUSTRIAL BASE FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 148 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2508. Industrial Base Fund 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish an Industrial Base Fund (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Fund’). 
‘‘(b) CONTROL OF FUND.—The Fund shall be under 
the control of the Industrial Base Council established pur-
suant to section 188 of this title. 
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‘‘(c) AMOUNTS IN FUND.—The Fund shall consist of 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Fund. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUND.—Subject to subsection (e), the 
Fund shall be used— 
‘‘(1) to support the monitoring and assessment 
of the industrial base required by this chapter; 
‘‘(2) to address critical issues in the industrial 
base relating to urgent operation needs; 
‘‘(3) to support efforts to expand the industrial 
base; and 
‘‘(4) to address supply chain vulnerabilities. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUND SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.— 
The authority of the Secretary of Defense to use the Fund 
under this section in any fiscal year is subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations for that purpose. 
‘‘(f) EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary shall establish 
procedures for expending monies in the Fund in support 
of the uses identified in subsection (d), including the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Direct obligations from the Fund. 
‘‘(2) Transfers of monies from the Fund to rel-
evant appropriations of the Department of De-
fense.’’. 
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2508. Industrial Base Fund.’’. 
TITLE V—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 501. CLOTHING ALLOWANCE REQUIREMENT. 
The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the 
items purchased under section 418 of title 37, United 
States Code, to determine if there is sufficient domestic 
production of such items to adequately supply members 
of the Armed Forces and shall transmit the results of such 
study to the Secretary of Defense. Not later than 6 
months after receiving the results of such study, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall transmit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives an evaluation on whether such items under the 
study should be considered subject to section 2533a of 
title 10, United States Code (popularly known as the 
‘‘Berry Amendment’’). 
SEC. 502. REQUIREMENT THAT COST OR PRICE TO THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE GIVEN AT LEAST 
EQUAL 
IMPORTANCE 
AS 
TECHNICAL 
OR 
OTHER CRITERIA IN EVALUATING COMPETI-
TIVE PROPOSALS FOR DEFENSE CONTRACTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
2305(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
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