,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bg1 #bjag,mrs4
 ,bustos 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,westerman1 
,mr4 ,loebsack1 and ,mr4 ,tonko7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for   
guidance relating to the management of  
,department of ,defense arsenals to     
ensure affordability and competence in  
critical capabilities areas1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,army ,arsenal 
,revitalization ,act of #bjag4  #b4     
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that it should be the goal of 
the ,secretary of ,defense in           
conjunction with the ,secretary of each 
of the military departments to ensure   
the management of the manufacturing     
workload of the military arsenals to    
maintain critical capabilities and      
ensure cost efficiency and technical    
competence in peacetime1 while          

preserving the ability to provide an    
effective and timely response to        
mobilizations1 national defense         
contingency situations and other        
emergent requirements4  #c4 ,management 
of ,department of ,defense arsenal      
workload capabilities  7a7 ,guidance for
 conducting make-or-,buy analyses ,the  
,secretary of the ,army shall maintain  
the arsenals with sufficient workloads  
to ensure affordability and technical   
competence in all critical capability   
areas by establishing1 not later than   
#ij days after the enactment of this    
,act1 clear1 step-by-step1 prescriptive 
guidance on the process for conducting  
make-or-buy analyses1 including the use 
of the organic industrial base4  7b7    
,report on use of arsenals ,to          
manufacture certain items ,not later    
than #cj days after the date on which   
the budget of the president for a fiscal
 year is submitted to ,congress pursuant
 to section #aaje of title #ca1 ,united 
,states ,code1 the ,secretary of        

,defense shall submit to the            
congressional defense committees a      
report on the equipment1 weapons1       
weapons systems1 components1            
subcomponents1 and end-items purchased  
from foreign entities that identifies   
those items which could be manufactured 
in the military arsenals1 depots1 or    
ammunition plants of the ,united ,states
 to meet the goals described in section 
#b or section #bdfd of title #aj1       
,united ,states ,code1 as well as a plan
 for moving that workload into such     
arsenals1 depots1 or ammunition plants4 
7c7 ,pilot program on arsenal labor     
rates  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than 
#ij days after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,secretary of        
,defense shall establish a three-year   
pilot program for the purpose of        
permitting the ,army arsenals to adjust 
periodically1 throughout the year1 their
 labor rates charged to customers based 
upon changes in workload and other      
factors4  7#b7 ,congressional briefing  

,not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 and      
annually thereafter1 the ,secretary of  
,defense shall provide a briefing to the
 congressional defense committees that  
includes an assessment of each of the   
following3  7,a7 ,the changes in labor  
rates throughout the previous year for  
each ,army arsenal4  7,b7 ,the ability  
of each arsenal to meet the costs of its
 working-capital fund4  7,c7 ,the effect
 on arsenal workloads of labor changes4 
7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7
 ,the term congressional defense        
committees has the meaning given that   
term in section #aja7;a77#af7 of title  
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,the  
term organic industrial base means      
,united ,states military facilities that
 advance a vital national security      
interest by producing necessary         
materials1 munitions1 and hardware1     
including arsenals1 depots1 and         
ammunition plants4