Title: Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2017
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of the Army to maintain its military arsenals with sufficient workloads to ensure affordability and technical competence in all critical capability areas by establishing clear, step-by-step, prescriptive guidance on the process for conducting make-or-buy analyses (i.e., whether to manufacture a product in-house or purchase it from a third party), including the use of the organic industrial base. The bill defines "organic industrial base" as U.S. military facilities that advance a vital national security interest by producing necessary materials, munitions, and hardware, including arsenals, depots, and ammunition plants. The bill also requires the Department of Defense to establish a three-year pilot program to permit arsenals to adjust their labor rates charged to customers based upon changes in workload and other factors.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3069 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3069

  To provide for guidance relating to the management of Department of 
  Defense arsenals to ensure affordability and competence in critical 
              capabilities areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2017

 Mrs. Bustos (for herself, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Loebsack, and Mr. Tonko) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for guidance relating to the management of Department of 
  Defense arsenals to ensure affordability and competence in critical 
              capabilities areas, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Army Arsenal Revitalization Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that it should be the goal of the 
Secretary of Defense in conjunction with the Secretary of each of the 
military departments to ensure the management of the manufacturing 
workload of the military arsenals to maintain critical capabilities and 
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 
emergent requirements.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ARSENAL WORKLOAD 
              CAPABILITIES.

    (a) Guidance for Conducting Make-or-Buy Analyses.--The Secretary of 
the Army shall maintain the arsenals with sufficient workloads to 
ensure affordability and technical competence in all critical 
capability areas by establishing, not later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act, clear, step-by-step, prescriptive guidance on 
the process for conducting make-or-buy analyses, including the use of 
the organic industrial base.
    (b) Report on Use of Arsenals To Manufacture Certain Items.--Not 
later than 30 days after the date on which the budget of the president 
for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the equipment, 
weapons, weapons systems, components, subcomponents, and end-items 
purchased from foreign entities that identifies those items which could 
be manufactured in the military arsenals, depots, or ammunition plants 
of the United States to meet the goals described in section 2 or 
section 2464 of title 10, United States Code, as well as a plan for 
moving that workload into such arsenals, depots, or ammunition plants.
    (c) Pilot Program on Arsenal Labor Rates.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
        establish a three-year pilot program for the purpose of 
        permitting the Army arsenals to adjust periodically, throughout 
        the year, their labor rates charged to customers based upon 
        changes in workload and other factors.
            (2) Congressional briefing.--Not later than one year after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
        the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the 
        congressional defense committees that includes an assessment of 
        each of the following:
                    (A) The changes in labor rates throughout the 
                previous year for each Army arsenal.
                    (B) The ability of each arsenal to meet the costs 
                of its working-capital fund.
                    (C) The effect on arsenal workloads of labor 
                changes.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (2) The term ``organic industrial base'' means United 
        States military facilities that advance a vital national 
        security interest by producing necessary materials, munitions, 
        and hardware, including arsenals, depots, and ammunition 
        plants.
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