Sec. 325. Report on equipment purchased from foreign entities that could be manufactured in United States arsenals or depots
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Not later than 30 days after the date on which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2017 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, Unites 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 of the United States or the military depots of the United States to meet the goals of subsection
(a)or section 2464 of title 10, United States Code, as well as a plan for moving that workload into such arsenals or depots. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include each of the following: An identification of items purchased by foreign manufacturers— described in section 8302(a)(1) of title 41, United States Code, and purchased from a foreign manufacturer by reason of an exception under section 8302(a)(2)(A) or section 8302(a)(2)(B) of such title; described in section 2533b(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, and purchased from a foreign manufacturer by reason of an exception under section 2533b(b); and described in section 2534(a) of such title and purchased from a foreign manufacturer by reason of a waiver exercised under paragraph (1), (2), (4), or
(5)of section 2534(d) of such title. An assessment of the skills required to manufacture the items identified in paragraph
(1)and a comparison of those skills with skills required to meet the critical capabilities identified by the Army Report to Congress on Critical Manufacturing Capabilities and Capacities dated August 2013 and the core logistics capabilities identified by each military service pursuant to section 2464 of title 10, United States Code, as of the date of the enactment of this Act. An identification of the tooling, equipment, and facilities upgrades necessary for a military arsenal or depot to perform the manufacturing workload identified under paragraph (1). An identification of workload identified in paragraph
(1)most appropriate for transfer to military arsenals or depots to meet the goals of subsection
(a)or the requirements of section 2464 of title 10, United States Code. Such other information the Secretary considers necessary for adherence to paragraphs
(4)and (5). An explanation of the rationale for continuing to sole-source manufacturing workload identified in paragraph
(1)from a foreign source rather than a military arsenal, depot, or other organic facility.