Sec. 871. Report on the United States Defense and Technological Industrial Base
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing— an assessment of the extent to which the inefficiencies and inadequacies of the defense and technological industrial base impede the timely production and delivery of air and missile defense components to the allies and partners of the United States located in the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command; an assessment of the ongoing efforts of the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies to remedy inefficiencies and inadequacies described in paragraph (1); and a strategy for addressing the inefficiencies or inadequacies described in paragraph (1), including an evaluation of the benefits of procuring the components described in such paragraph from and industrial cooperation with allies and partners of the United States located outside the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command.
The report required by subsection
(a)shall be in an unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.