,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjbc,mr4 
,norcross introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
require the ,secretary of ,defense      
report on the domestic content          
requirements major defense acquisition  
programs1 to establish an enhanced      
domestic content requirement for certain
 procurements1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,military ,industrial ,national 
,defense ,supply ,act of #bjbc or the   
,,minds ,act4  #b4 ,enhanced domestic   
content requirement for major defense   
acquisition programs  7a7 ,assessment   
required  7#a7 ,in general ,not later   
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense shall submit to the         
congressional defense committees a      
report assessing the domestic source    
content of procurements carried out in  

connection with a major defense         
acquisition program4  7#b7 ,information 
repository ,the ,secretary of ,defense  
shall establish an information          
repository for the collection and       
analysis of information related to      
domestic source content for products the
 ,secretary deems critical1 where such  
information can be used for continuous  
data analysis and program management    
activities4  7b7 ,enhanced domestic     
content requirement  7#a7 ,in general   
,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71  
for purposes of chapter #hc of title    
#da1 ,united ,states ,code1 manufactured
 articles1 materials1 or supplies       
procured in connection with a major     
defense acquisition program are         
manufactured substantially all from     
articles1 materials1 or supplies mined1 
produced1 or manufactured in the ,united
 ,states if the cost of such component  
articles1 materials1 or supplies-- 7,a7 
supplied not later than the date of the 
enactment of this ,act1 exceeds #fj     

percent of cost of the manufactured     
articles1 materials1 or supplies        
procured2  7,b7 supplied during the     
period beginning ,january #a1 #bjbd1 and
 ending ,december #ca1 #bjbh1 exceeds   
#fe percent of the cost of the          
manufactured articles1 materials1 or    
supplies2 and  7,c7 supplied on or after
 ,january #a1 #bjbi1 exceeds #ge percent
 of the cost of the manufactured        
articles1 materials1 or supplies4  7#b7 
,exclusion for certain manufactured     
articles ,paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply
 to manufactured articles that consist  
wholly or predominantly of iron1 steel1 
or a combination of iron and steel4     
7#c7 ,rulemaking to create a fallback   
threshold  7,a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense shall issue rules to        
determine the treatment of the lowest   
price offered for a foreign end product 
for which #ee percent or more of the    
component articles1 materials1 or       

supplies of such foreign end product are
 manufactured substantially all from    
articles1 materials1 or supplies mined1 
produced1 or manufactured in the ,united
 ,states if-- 7i7 the application       
paragraph 7#a7 results in an            
unreasonable cost2 or  7ii7 no offers   
are submitted to supply manufactured    
articles1 materials1 or supplies        
manufactured substantially all from     
articles1 materials1 or supplies mined1 
produced1 or manufactured in the ,united
 ,states4  7,b7 ,termination ,rules     
issued under this paragraph shall cease 
to have force or effect on ,january #a1 
#bjcj4  7#d7 ,applicability ,the        
requirements of this subsection-- 7,a7  
shall apply to contracts entered into on
 or after the date of the enactment of  
this ,act2 and  7,b7 shall not apply to 
articles manufactured in countries that 
have executed a reciprocal defense      
procurement memorandum of understanding 
with the ,united ,states entered into   
pursuant to section #dhea of title #aj1 

,united ,states ,code4  7c7 ,major      
defense acquisition program defined ,the
 term major defense acquisition program 
has the meaning given in section #dbja  
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4