(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2425. Department of Defense use of arsenals.’’. 
SEC. 3. ASSIGNMENT OF WORKLOAD AT ARMY FACTORIES 
AND ARSENALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4532 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 4532. Assignment of workload at Army factories 
and arsenals 
‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENT
OF WORKLOAD.—(1) The Sec-
retary of the Army shall assign Government-owned and 
Government-operated Department of the Army factories 
and arsenals sufficient workload to ensure cost efficiency 
and technical competence in peacetime, while preserving 
the ability to provide an effective and timely response to 
mobilizations, national defense contingency situations, and 
other emergency requirements. 
‘‘(2) At a minimum, workload may be derived from 
manufacturing of supplies, components, parts, systems, 
subsystems, and foreign military sales. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the Army shall develop and 
promulgate guidelines to make the arsenals available to 
the Department of Defense, defense agencies, and military 
services for procurement of supplies, components, parts, 
systems, and subsystems. 
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‘‘(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary of the 
Army may waive the requirement under subsection (a)(1) 
if such a waiver is necessary for the national defense. 
‘‘(2) A waiver under paragraph (1) shall not take ef-
fect until 30 days after the Secretary submits to the con-
gressional defense committees a notification of the deter-
mination, together with the justification for the determina-
tion. 
‘‘(3) The authority to grant a waiver under para-
graph (1) may not be delegated. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL ARSENAL REPORT.—In 2013 and each 
year thereafter, not later than 60 days after the date on 
which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is sub-
mitted to Congress, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report for the Army identifying, for the rel-
evant fiscal year, each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The core arsenal manufacturing capability. 
‘‘(2) The workload required to cost-effectively 
support the arsenals and the manufacturing capa-
bility inherent in these installations. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the Army’s performance 
in maintaining the Department of the Army’s fac-
tories and arsenals with sufficient workload to en-
sure affordability and technical competence in peace-
time. 
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‘‘(4) The capital investments required to be 
made in order to ensure compliance and operational 
capacity. 
‘‘(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The Comp-
troller General shall review each report required under 
subsection (c) for completeness and compliance and pro-
vide findings and recommendations to the congressional 
defense committees not later than 60 days after the report 
is submitted to Congress.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 433 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 
4532 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘4532. Assignment of workload at Army factories and arsenals.’’. 
(c) INITIAL WORKLOAD PLAN REPORT.—The first 
report required under subsection (c) of section 4532 of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection 
(a), shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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