Sec. 352. Global bulk fuel management and delivery
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Subchapter III of chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Beginning during the period described in paragraph
(2)and permanently thereafter, the United States Transportation Command shall be the element responsible for bulk fuel management and delivery of the Department of Defense on a global basis. The period described in this paragraph is the period beginning on January 1, 2023, and ending on February 1, 2023. In carrying out the responsibilities specified in subsection (a), the Commander of the United States Transportation Command shall coordinate with the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency. Except to the extent that, prior to January 1, 2023, a responsibility specified in subsection
(a)was a specific function of the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, nothing under this section shall be construed as— limiting any other function of the Defense Logistics Agency Energy; or requiring the transfer of any function, personnel, or asset from the Defense Logistics Agency Energy to the United States Transportation Command. . The table of contents for such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 2927. Global bulk fuel management and delivery. . Not later than July 1, 2022, the Commander of United States Transportation Command shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on progress made to carry out the transfer of responsibilities to the United States Transportation Command pursuant to section 2927 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), including— a review of the plan of action for such transfer; a review of milestones completed and yet to be completed with respect to such transfer; and an identification of any legislative changes or additional resources the Commander determines are necessary to implement such section 2927. Not later than October 1, 2022, the Commander of United States Transportation Command shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a strategy to develop the infrastructure and programs necessary to optimally support global bulk fuel management of the Department of Defense. The strategy under paragraph
(1)shall include the following additional elements: A description of the current organizational responsibility for bulk fuel management of the Department, organized by geographic combatant command, including with respect to ordering, storage, and strategic and tactical transportation. A description of any legacy bulk fuel management assets of each of the geographic combatant commands. A description of the operational plan to exercise such assets to ensure full functionality and to repair, upgrade, or replace such assets as necessary. An identification of the resources required for any such repairs, upgrades, or replacements. A description of the current programs relating to platforms, weapon systems, or research and development, that are aimed at managing fuel constraints by decreasing demand for fuel. An assessment of current and projected threats to forward-based bulk fuel delivery, storage, and distribution systems, and an assessment, based on such current and projected threats, of attrition to bulk fuel infrastructure, including storage and distribution systems, in a conflict involving near-peer foreign countries. An assessment of current days of supply guidance, petroleum war reserve requirements, and prepositioned war reserve stocks, based on operational tempo associated with distributed operations in a contested environment. An identification of the resources required to address any changes to such guidance, requirements, or stocks recommended as the result of such assessment. An identification of any global shortfall with respect to bulk fuel management, organized by geographic combatant command, and a prioritized list of investment recommendations to address each shortfall identified. In preparing the strategy under paragraph (1), the Commander of United States Transportation Command shall coordinate with subject matter experts of the Joint Staff, the geographic combatant commands, the Defense Logistics Agency, and the military departments. The strategy under paragraph
(1)may be submitted in classified form, but if so submitted shall include an unclassified executive summary. Section 2854 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283 ) is amended— in subsection (b), by striking The organizational element designated pursuant to subsection
(a)and inserting The Secretary of Defense ; in subsection (c), by striking subsection
(b)and inserting subsection
(a); by striking subsections
(a)and (d); and by redesignating subsections
(b)and (c), as amended by paragraphs
(1)and (2), as subsections
(a)and (b), respectively.
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