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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 3838 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1412

Sec. 1412. Amendment to National Defense Stockpile shortfall briefings

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Section 14(f)(2) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act ( 50 U.S.C. 98h-5(f)(2) ) is amended— by amending subparagraph
(A)to read as follows: a list of the materials described in such paragraph and, for each such material— a description of the material; the priority of the material; and the objective to be achieved if funding is provided, in whole or in part, for the acquisition of the material to remedy the shortfall of such material in the stockpile; . in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: verification that the National Defense Stockpile Manager manages and evaluates the stockpile using the most complete and accurate data provided by the military departments (as defined under section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code); the amounts appropriated by Congress to the stockpile for both the current fiscal year and the previous fiscal year; a description of any progress or mitigation plans based on recommendations to address such shortfall that were made in reports submitted under subsection
(a)prior to such briefing; a description of the risks resulting from the inability of the armed services to provide comprehensive data for all strategic and critical materials; the cost to remedy all such shortfalls; and the cost to remedy such shortfalls for such materials that are a priority. . Not later than February 1, 2026, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall jointly provide to congressional defense committees a briefing on the progress of implementing the recommendations in the report of the Government Accountability Office titled National Defense Stockpile: Actions Needed to Improve DOD’s Efforts to Prepare for Emergencies and dated September 10, 2024 (GAO-24-106959), including— the specific actions taken to implement such recommendations; an explanation of any obstacles to implementing such recommendations; a description of any planned actions to implement such recommendations; and for each such recommendation not fully implemented as of the date of such briefing, an estimate of the date on which such recommendation will be fully implemented.
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