Sec. 158. STUDY ON SMALL ARMS AND SMALL-CALIBER AMMUNITION CAPABILITIES
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## SEC. 158 STUDY ON SMALL ARMS AND SMALL-CALIBER AMMUNITION CAPABILITIES ###
(a)Study ####
(1)In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a study on the requirements analysis and determination processes and capabilities of the Department of Defense with respect to small arms and small-caliber ammunition that carries out each of the following: #####
(A)A comparative evaluation of the current military small arms in use by the Armed Forces, including general purpose and special operations forces, and select military equivalent commercial candidates not necessarily in use militarily but currently available. #####
(B)A comparative evaluation of the standard small-caliber ammunition of the Department with other small-caliber ammunition alternatives. #####
(C)An assessment of the current plans of the Department to modernize the small arms and small-caliber ammunition capabilities of the Department. #####
(D)An assessment of the requirements analysis and determination processes of the Department for small arms and small-caliber ammunition. ####
(2)Factors to consider The study required under paragraph
(1)shall take into consideration the following factors: #####
(A)Current and future operating environments, as specified or referred to in strategic guidance and planning documents of the Department. #####
(B)Capability gaps identified in small arms and small-caliber ammunition capabilities based assessments of the Department. #####
(C)Actions taken by the Secretary to address capability gaps identified in any such capabilities based assessments. #####
(D)Findings from studies of the Department of Defense Small Arms and Small-Caliber Ammunition defense support team and actions taken by the Secretary in response to such findings. #####
(E)Findings from the assessment required by section 143 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) and actions taken by the Secretary in response to such findings. #####
(F)Modifications and improvements recently applied to small arms and small-caliber ammunition of the Armed Forces, including general purpose and special operations forces, as well as the potential for continued modification and improvement. #####
(G)Impacts to the small arms production industrial base and small-caliber ammunition industrial base, if any, associated with changes from current U.S. or NATO standard caliber weapons or ammunition sizes. #####
(H)Total life cycle costs of each small arms system and small-caliber ammunition, including incremental increases in cost for industrial facilitization or small arms and ammunition procurement, if any, associated with changes described in subparagraph (G). #####
(I)Any other factor the federally funded research and development center considers appropriate. ####
(3)Access to information The Secretary shall ensure that the federally funded research and development center conducting the study under paragraph
(1)has access to all necessary data, records, analyses, personnel, and other resources necessary to complete the study. ###
(b)Report ####
(1)In general Not later than September 30, 2013, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a)(1), together with the comments of the Secretary on the findings contained in the study. ####
(2)Classified annex The report shall be in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. ###
(c)Small Arms Defined In this section, the term “small arms” means weapons assigned to and operated by an individual member of the Armed Forces, including handguns, rifles and carbines (including sniper and designated marksman weapons), sub-machine guns, and light-machine guns. # TITLE II RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION ## Subtitle A Authorization of Appropriations
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Sec. 158
STUDY ON SMALL ARMS AND SMALL-CALIBER AMMUNITION CAPABILITIES
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-417
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