Sec. 1706. Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement, Out-Year inventory numbers, and critical munitions reserve
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Section 222c of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking the chief of staff of each armed force (other than the Coast Guard) and inserting the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment ; by striking such armed force and inserting each armed force (other than the Coast Guard) ; and by inserting for each critical munitions program after the following ; by striking subsection (b); by redesignating subsections
(c)and
(d)as subsections
(b)and (c), respectively; by amending subsection (c), as so redesignated, to read as follows: A report required to be submitted under subsection
(a)for a fiscal year shall include a description and explanation of the munitions requirements process implementation guidance developed by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and used by each armed force for the munitions requirements process for such armed force for that fiscal year. Such description and explanation shall include each of the following: A list of configurations fielded as of the date of the submittal of the report. The percentage of the total munitions inventory that is fielded, by configuration. The average shelf life and age of the munitions in the inventory and the percentage of the munitions in the inventory that will exceed shelf life during the ten-year period following the date of the submittal of the report. The number of years required to meet the out-year unconstrained total munitions requirement at the rate requested for the fiscal year covered by the report. The average rate of procurement during the three-year period preceding the date of the submittal of the report, and the number of years required to meet the out-year unconstrained total munitions requirement at such three-year average rate. The additional amount of funding that would be required, for each fiscal year, to meet the out-year unconstrained total munitions requirement for each munition by the end of the period covered by the most recent future-years defense program submitted to Congress pursuant to section 221 of this title. Such other information as the Under Secretary determines is appropriate. ; by inserting after subsection
(c)the following new subsection (d): For each critical munitions program, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall establish and maintain a critical munitions reserve, through which the Under Secretary shall procure longest lead sub-components, concurrent with year production, to provide the capability to quickly access the amount of critical munitions inventory required for one or more years in order to accelerate the delivery of such munitions. A critical munitions reserve under paragraph
(1)may take the form of a rotable pool to facilitate the timely use of critical munitions material while producing sufficient quantities of such material to maintain an ongoing reserve of such material. The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense committees quarterly reports on the critical munitions reserves maintained under this paragraph, which shall include the recommendations of the Under Secretary with respect to— the management of the critical munition reserves, including any recommendations for legislative changes; and critical munitions components for inclusion in the critical munitions reserves and funding requirements for each such component. ; and in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following new paragraph (1): The term critical munition means a munition that— is considered to be among the most important for executing plan objectives in one or more conflict scenarios; has an inventory that is insufficient to meet the requirements of the national defense strategy under section 113(g) of this title; and has a projected inventory that is forecasted to remain insufficient at the end of the period covered by the future-years defense program most recently submitted to Congress pursuant to section 221 of this title. . Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the progress of the Under Secretary in establishing the critical munitions reserves required by subsection
(d)of section 222c of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(5).