,i #aahth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #idhb ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,september #f1 #bjbd,ms4 ,porter introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,armed ,services ,a ,,bill ,to require the ,defense ,logistics ,agency to allow contractors to use additive manufacturing for spare parts for the ,department of ,defense1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,spare ,parts ,competition ,act4 #b4 ,additive manufacturing for spare parts 7a7 ,additive manufacturing allowed 7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided by paragraph 7#b71 a contractor providing spare parts to the ,defense ,logistics ,agency may manufacture such spare parts using additive manufacturing except to the extent that the contract or other agreement under which such contractor is providing such spare parts to the ,defense ,logistics ,agency express prohibits the use of additive manufacturing for such spare parts4 7#b7 ,waiver ,the ,under ,secretary of ,defense for ,acquisition and ,sustainment may waiver paragraph 7#a7 with respect to a spare part or contract or other agreement if the ,under ,secretary determines that such a waiver is in the interest of national security or necessary to reduce the costs to the ,department of ,defense4 7b7 ,publication of information ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of this section1 the ,director of the ,defense ,logistics ,agency shall make publicly available on a website of the ,defense ,logistics ,agency the following3 7#a7 ,a list of the of ,national ,stock ,numbers for which the ,department of ,defense has qualified additive manufacturing designs for use as spare parts in systems of the ,department4 7#b7 ,a list1 disaggregated by subject area1 of the additive manufacturing designs for goods properly submitted to the ,defense ,logistics ,agency for qualification for use as spare parts in systems of the ,department of ,defense1 for which the ,defense ,logistics ,agency has not granted such qualification as of the date on which the ,director makes publicly available the information required under this subsection pursuant to this subsection4 7#c7 ,the rate at which additive manufacturing designs for goods are being submitted to the ,defense ,logistics ,agency1 the military departments1 and the other elements of the ,department of ,defense for qualification for use as spare parts in systems of the ,department of ,defense1 including the changes in such rate during the three-year period immediately preceding the date on which the ,director publishes such rate on a website of the ,defense ,logistics ,agency pursuant to this subsection4 7#d7 ,an assessment of whether the ,defense ,logistics ,agency1 each of the military departments1 and the ,department of ,defense as a whole have sufficient appropriate personnel required to evaluate additive manufacturing designs for goods for qualification for use as spare parts in a timely manner4 7#e7 ,an explanation of whether the ,defense ,logistics ,agency has pursued certifying additive manufacturing processes to produce parts suitable for use in aircraft of the ,department of ,defense1 including an explanation of the efforts of the ,defense ,logistics ,agency1 if any1 to develop and implement such a qualification approach or1 if the ,defense ,logistics ,agency is not pursing such a qualification approach1 why the ,defense ,logistics ,agency ceased pursing such a qualification approach4 7#f7 ,an explanation of the goals of the ,defense ,logistics ,agency with respect to the manufacture of spare parts for the ,defense ,logistics ,agency through the use of additive manufacturing1 including the types of spare parts the ,defense ,logistics ,agency has determined to be strong candidates for manufacturing through the use of additive manufacturing and any plans of the ,defense ,logistics ,agency to achieve such goals4 7#g7 ,an assessment of whether the contracting practices of the ,defense ,logistics ,agency are optimized to encourage submission of spare parts manufactured using additive manufacturing for qualification for use as spare parts in systems of the ,department of ,defense4 7c7 ,report ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of this section1 the ,director of the ,defense ,logistics ,agency shall submit to ,congress a report containing-- 7#a7 the list of the of ,national ,stock ,numbers for which the ,department of ,defense has qualified additive manufacturing designs for use as spare parts in systems of the ,department1 disaggregated by subject area2 and 7#b7 an explanation of the barriers to the ,defense ,logistics ,agency-- 7,a7 encouraging contractors to submit new additive manufacturing designs for qualification for use as spare parts in systems of the ,department2 and 7,b7 evaluating such new additive manufacturing designs in a timely manner4 7d7 ,military department defined ,in this section1 the term military department has the meaning given such term in section #aja7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4 #c4 ,implementation of ,,gao recommendations relating to spare parts in global spares pool relating to ,f-#ce ,program 7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of ,defense1 acting through the ,under ,secretary of ,defense for ,acquisition and ,sustainment1 shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement the recommendations of the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united ,states contained in the report entitled ,f-#ce ,program3 ,,dod ,needs ,better ,accountability for ,global ,spare ,parts and ,reporting of ,losses ,worth ,millions 7,,gao-#bc-ajfjih71 published on ,may #bc1 #bjbc4 7b7 ,report ,not later than #a year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit to ,congress a report on the progress of the implementation required by subsection 7a74