Sec. 374. Report on ammunition organic industrial base modernization by Department of the Army
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Not later than March 15, 2022, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on— a modernization master plan for the optimal placement and creation of efficiencies in facilities and major equipment to support mission requirements at ammunition organic industrial base production facilities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army; and an investment strategy to address the facilities, major equipment, and infrastructure requirements at each such production facility in order to support the readiness and material availability goals of current and future weapons systems of the Department of Defense. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following elements: A review of current and projected workload requirements for the manufacturing of energetic materials, including propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics, and the ingredients for propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics, to assess efficiencies in the use of existing facilities, including consideration of new weapons characteristics and requirements, obsolescence of facilities, siting of facilities and equipment, and various constrained process flows. An analysis of life-cycle costs to repair and modernize existing mission-essential facilities versus the cost to consolidate functions into modern, right-sized facilities at each location to meet current and programmed future mission requirements. A review of the progress made in prioritizing and funding projects that facilitate process efficiencies and consolidate and contribute to availability cost and schedule reductions. An accounting of the backlog of restoration and modernization projects at each arsenal of the Department of the Army. A master plan for each arsenal of the Department of the Army that incorporates the results of a review of— industrial processes, logistics streams, and workload distribution required to support production objectives; and the facilities requirements to support optimized processes. An updated investment strategy planned for each arsenal of the Department of the Army, including— a timeline to complete the master plan for such strategy; a list of projects and a brief scope of work for each such project; and cost estimates necessary to complete projects for mission essential facilities. As part of the annual budget submission by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report describing the progress made in establishing the master plan under subsection (b)(5) and implementing the investment strategy under subsection (b)(6).