Sec. 334. Plan for secondary sources in the munitions supply chain
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The Secretary of the Army shall develop a plan providing options to establish secondary domestic production sources at existing arsenals, depots, and ammunition plants of the Army to address munitions supply chain chokepoints. In developing the plan required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Army shall draw on existing supply chain mapping conducted by the Department of Defense and other studies conducted by the Army. The plan required under subsection (a)(1) shall include each of the following:
An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of expanding the scope of activities at all existing depots, arsenals, and ammunition plants of the Army to serve as secondary sources for single points of supply chain failure. An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of reopening any previously closed depots, arsenals, and ammunition plants of the Army. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the implementation of the plan required under subsection (a).
In this section, the term chokepoint , with respect to a munitions supply chain of the Army, means a situation in which— components of the supply chain, including all elements of the supply chain such as chemicals, casings, or other materials, are produced by only one domestic source; or the increased production of a component would significantly increase total munitions output.