Sec. 356. PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION
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## SEC. 356 PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION ###
(a)Establishment Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Secretary of the Navy and in consultation with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall carry out a program under which the Secretary shall establish an advanced manufacturing facility on or near a military installation within the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command for the purpose of— ####
(1)meeting flexible manufacturing requirements to support the submarine, shipbuilding, and other defense activity industrial bases; ####
(2)fostering partnerships between industry, local universities, and workforce training programs to develop a local workforce in the vicinity of such facility capable of meeting advanced manufacturing demands; ####
(3)coordinating responses to requirements of the Submarine Industrial Base Task Force, the United States Indo-Pacific Command, the Innovation Capability and Modernization Office of the Department of Defense, the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program of the Department, and other relevant defense organizations; ####
(4)providing for the manufacturing of unmanned vehicles, including surface and underwater vehicles, and develops ship maintenance capabilities; and ####
(5)responding to needs across the uniformed services and the defense industrial base. ###
(b)Elements In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— ####
(1)ensure that the advanced manufacturing facility under such subsection is capable of— #####
(A)applying advanced manufacturing to small and large metal and composite structures; #####
(B)manufacturing systems and components that— ######
(i)use appropriate advanced manufacturing methods including hybrid and additive (for example, additive manufacturing, powder bed fusion manufacturing, cold spray manufacturing, or other similar manufacturing capabilities); and ######
(ii)maintain a set of modern local machining systems with at least five-axis capability sufficient to support requirements; #####
(C)maintaining a production capability across critical materials of the Navy in order to respond to emerging repair and production requirements during conflict; and ####
(2)ensure broad workforce participation by establishing the facility either outside of a military installation (but very close to a military installation) or onboard a military installation with readily available access to a civilian trainee workforce. ###
(c)Report Not later than December 1 of the year after the year during which a facility is established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report summarizing the actions taken under the program established under such subsection, including information on how the program is supporting initiatives of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. ###
(d)Advanced Manufacturing Defined In this section, the term “**advanced manufacturing**” means a manufacturing process using the following techniques: ####
(1)Additive manufacturing. ####
(2)Wire-arc additive manufacturing. ####
(3)Powder bed fusion manufacturing. ####
(4)Other similar manufacturing capabilities. # TITLE IV MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS ## Subtitle A Active Forces