,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eeef  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ag  
7legislative day1 ,december #af71       
#bjbd,mr4 ,cornyn introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to require a     
solid rocket motor industrial base      
strategy4  #a4 ,solid rocket motor      
industrial base  7a7 ,in general ,not   
later than ,march #a1 #bjbe1 the ,under 
,secretary of ,defense for ,acquisition 
and ,sustainment1 acting through the    
,director of the ,joint ,production     
,accelerator ,cell of the ,department of
 ,defense and the ,assistant ,secretary 
of ,defense for ,industrial ,base       
,policy1 shall submit to the            
congressional defense committees a      
strategy for ensuring that the defense  
industrial base of the ,united ,states  
can meet requirements for programs of   
record relating to solid rocket motors4 
7b7 ,coordination ,in developing the    

strategy required under subsection 7a71 
the ,under ,secretary of ,defense for   
,acquisition and ,sustainment shall     
coordinate with the following3 7#a7 ,the
 ,assistant ,secretary of the ,navy for 
,research1 ,development1 and            
,acquisition4  7#b7 ,the ,assistant     
,secretary of the ,army for             
,acquisition1 ,logistics1 and           
,technology4  7#c7 ,the ,assistant      
,secretary of the ,air ,force for       
,acquisition1 ,technology1 and          
,logistics4  7#d7 ,the ,assistant       
,secretary of the ,air ,force for ,space
 ,acquisition and ,integration4  7#e7   
,the ,director of the ,missile ,defense 
,agency4  7c7 ,elements ,the strategy   
under subsection 7a7 shall include the  
following3 7#a7 ,an assessment of       
emerging technologies or manufacturing  
processes that would support the        
modernization or evolution of the       
defense industrial base of the ,united  
,states to meet requirements for        
programs of record relating to solid    

rocket motors4  7#b7 ,a plan to         
prioritize government funding for the   
following3 7,a7 ,government-owned1      
,government-operated energetic materials
 facilities4  7,b7 ,government-owned1   
contractor-operated energetic materials 
facilities4  7,c7 ,private energetic    
materials facilities4  7d7 ,review and  
report  7#a7 ,review ,not later than    
,march #a1 #bjbe1 the ,secretary of     
,defense shall seek to enter into a     
contract with a federally funded        
research and development center to      
conduct a review of the of the defense  
industrial base of the ,united ,states  
for solid rocket motors that includes   
the following3 7,a7 ,an assessment of   
the capacity and capability of existing 
solid rocket motor industrial base1     
including the supply base and personnel 
of such manufacturers1 to support the   
expansion of the solid rocket motor     
industrial base4  7,b7 ,the capability  
and capacity of potential new entrants  
to the solid rocket motor industrial    

base1 including private entities funded 
by the ,federal ,government4  7,c7 ,an  
assessment of the process for qualifying
 new entrants1 including new            
manufacturing processes1 for solid      
rocket motors4  7,d7 ,an assessment of  
the capacity and capability of the solid
 rocket motor industrial base to support
 the demands of existing programs of    
record4  7,e7 ,an assessment of the     
capacity and capability of the solid    
rocket motor industrial base to support 
potential future demands of programs of 
record4  7,f7 ,a mapping of programs of 
record and potential future munitions   
programs to solid rocket motor          
manufacturer throughput4  7,g7          
,identification of current and potential
 shortfalls in common precursors and    
chemicals4  7,h7 ,a broad assessment of 
commercial sector1 civil sector1 and    
,department of ,defense pressures on the
 solid rocket motor industrial base4    
7#b7 ,report  7,a7 ,to ,secretary ,not  
later than ,september #cj1 #bjbe1 a     

federally funded research and           
development center that enters into     
contract under this subsection shall    
submit to the ,secretary of ,defense a  
report on the results of the review     
conducted under paragraph 7#a74  7,b7   
,to ,congress ,not later than #cj days  
after receipt of the report described in
 subparagraph 7,a71 the ,secretary of   
,defense shall submit such report1 along
 with any comments of the ,secretary1 to
 the congressional defense committees4  
7e7 ,energetic materials defined ,the   
term energetic materials has the meaning
 given in section #adh of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code4