Sec. 162. REPORT ON ARMY AND MARINE CORPS MODERNIZATION PLAN FOR SMALL ARMS

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## SEC. 162 REPORT ON ARMY AND MARINE CORPS MODERNIZATION PLAN FOR SMALL ARMS ###

(a)Report Required Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the plan of the Army and the Marine Corps to modernize small arms for the Army and the Marine Corps during the 15-year period beginning on the date of such plan, including the mechanisms to be used to promote competition among suppliers of small arms and small arms parts in achieving the plan. ###

(b)Small Arms The small arms covered by the plan under subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)Pistols. ####

(2)Carbines. ####

(3)Rifles and automatic rifles. ####

(4)Light machine guns. ####

(5)Such other small arms as the Secretaries consider appropriate for purposes of the report required by subsection (a). ###

(c)Non-standard Small Arms In addition to the arms specified in subsection (b), the plan under subsection

(a)shall also address non-standard small arms not currently in the small arms inventory of the Army or the Marine Corps.