I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1955 
To require the establishment within the Department of Defense of a pilot 
program on arsenal workload sustainment, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2025 
Mr. SORENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require the establishment within the Department of De-
fense 
of 
a 
pilot 
program 
on 
arsenal 
workload 
sustainment, 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 ‘‘Arsenal Workload 
Sustainment Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
PILOT 
PROGRAM 
ON 
ARSENAL 
WORKLOAD 
SUSTAINMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has a long and proud 
history of manufacturing defense products. 
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(2) Factories and arsenals of the Department 
of the Army that are owned and operated by the 
United States Government are a critical component 
of the organic industrial base. 
(3) The first ever National Defense Industrial 
Strategy released in 2024 recognized the need of the 
Department of Defense to more strategically utilize 
the organic industrial base in order to maintain a 
competitive military advantage. 
(4) Sufficient workload at arsenals of the De-
partment of the Army that are owned and operated 
by the United States Government ensure cost effi-
ciency 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 require-
ments. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
PILOT
PROGRAM.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot pro-
gram to be known as the ‘‘Arsenal Workload Sustainment 
Pilot Program’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pilot 
program’’). 
(c) DURATION.—The pilot program shall be con-
ducted for a period of five years. 
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(d) PREFERENCES FOR PROCUREMENT ACTIONS OR 
SOLICITATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out the pilot 
program, the Secretary of Defense shall give a pref-
erence described in paragraph (2) for any procure-
ment action or solicitation by a non-public partner 
who has entered into a public-private partnership 
with the Secretary in the source selection process if 
such non-public partner uses an arsenal of the De-
partment of the Army that is owned and operated by 
the United States Government as a partner in any 
type of contractual agreement with the United 
States Government. 
(2) PREFERENCE
DESCRIBED.—A preference 
described in this paragraph is the addition of 20 
percent to the price of any offer by a non-public 
partner that does not use an arsenal of the Depart-
ment of the Army that is owned and operated by the 
United States Government as a partner in its bid for 
the same procurement action or solicitation de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(3) FURTHER PREFERENCE.—In selecting non- 
public partners under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
of Defense shall give preference to non-public part-
ners that— 
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(A) utilize the Advanced Manufacturing 
Center of Excellence of the Army; and 
(B) ensure not less than 25 percent of the 
activities under the partnership are performed 
by employees of the Department of Defense. 
(e) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the activities 
carried out under the pilot program, including a de-
scription of any operational challenges identified. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A breakout, by relevant budget ac-
counts, of workload at an arsenal of the De-
partment of the Army that is owned and oper-
ated by the United States Government that was 
achieved in the prior fiscal year, whether di-
rectly or through public-private partnerships 
under the pilot program. 
(B) An assessment of relevant budget ac-
counts where such an arsenal can be utilized to 
meet future procurement needs of the Depart-
ment of Defense, irrespective of cost. 
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(C) An outlook of expected workload at 
each such arsenal during the period covered by 
the future-years defense program submitted to 
Congress under section 221 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(D) The capital investments required to be 
made at each such arsenal to ensure compliance 
and operational capacity. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(2) NON-PUBLIC
PARTNER.—The term ‘‘non- 
public partner’’ means a corporation, individual, uni-
versity, or nonprofit organization that is not part of 
the United States Government. 
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