,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bj1 #bjbj,mr4 
,brindisi 7for himself and ,mr4         
,mc,kinley7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to submit to ,congress a report
 on use of domestic nonavailability     
determinations1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,strengthening ,american        
,manufacturing ,act of #bjbj4  #b4      
,report on use of domestic              
nonavailability determinations ,not     
later than ,september #cj1 #bjba1 and   
annually thereafter1 the ,secretary of  
,defense shall submit a report to       
congressional defense committees-- 7#a7 
describing in detail the use of any     
waiver or exception by the ,department  
of ,defense to the requirements of      
chapter #hc of title #da1 ,united       
,states ,code1 or section #becc;a of    

title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1       
relating to domestic nonavailability    
determinations2  7#b7 specifying the    
type of waiver or exception used2 and   
7#c7 providing an assessment of the     
impact on the use of such waivers or    
exceptions due to the ,,covid-#ai       
pandemic and associated challenges with 
investments in domestic sources4