,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ije  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #f1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,grassley1  
,ms4 ,duckworth1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 and ,mr4  
,cotton7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to require the establishment   
within the ,department of ,defense of a 
pilot program on arsenal workload       
sustainment1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,arsenal ,workload ,sustainment 
,act4  #b4 ,pilot program on arsenal    
workload sustainment  7a7 ,findings     
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,the
 ,united ,states has a long and proud   
history of manufacturing defense        
products4  7#b7 ,factories and arsenals 
of the ,department of the ,army that are
 owned and operated by the ,united      
,states ,government are a critical      
component of the organic industrial     
base4  7#c7 ,the first ever ,national   

,defense ,industrial ,strategy released 
in #bjbd recognized the need of the     
,department of ,defense to more         
strategically utilize the organic       
industrial base in order to maintain a  
competitive military advantage4  7#d7   
,sufficient workload at arsenals of the 
,department of the ,army that are owned 
and operated by the ,united ,states     
,government ensure cost efficiency and  
technical competence in peacetime1 while
 preserving the ability to provide an   
effective and timely response to        
mobilizations1 national defense         
contingency situations1 and other       
emergency requirements4  7b7            
,establishment of pilot program ,not    
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,defense shall establish a
 pilot program to be known as the       
,arsenal ,workload ,sustainment ,pilot  
,program 7in this section referred to as
 the pilot program74  7c7 ,duration ,the
 pilot program shall be conducted for a 

period of five years4  7d7 ,preferences 
for procurement actions or solicitations
  7#a7 ,in general ,in carrying out the 
pilot program1 the ,secretary of        
,defense shall give a preference        
described in paragraph 7#b7 for any     
procurement action or solicitation by a 
non-public partner who has entered into 
a public-private partnership with the   
,secretary in the source selection      
process if such non-public partner uses 
an arsenal of the ,department of the    
,army that is owned and operated by the 
,united ,states ,government as a partner
 in any type of contractual agreement   
with the ,united ,states ,government4   
7#b7 ,preference described ,a preference
 described in this paragraph is the     
addition of #bj percent to the price of 
any offer by a non-public partner that  
does not use an arsenal of the          
,department of the ,army that is owned  
and operated by the ,united ,states     
,government as a partner in its bid for 
the same procurement action or          

solicitation described in paragraph     
7#a74  7#c7 ,further preference ,in     
selecting non-public partners under     
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary of       
,defense shall give preference to       
non-public partners that-- 7,a7 utilize 
the ,advanced ,manufacturing ,center of 
,excellence of the ,army2 and  7,b7     
ensure not less than #be percent of the 
activities under the partnership are    
performed by employees of the           
,department of ,defense4  7e7 ,report   
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         
appropriate congressional committees a  
report on the activities carried out    
under the pilot program1 including a    
description of any operational          
challenges identified4  7#b7 ,elements  
,the report required under paragraph    
7#a7 shall include the following3 7,a7  
,a breakout1 by relevant budget         
accounts1 of workload at an arsenal of  

the ,department of the ,army that is    
owned and operated by the ,united       
,states ,government that was achieved in
 the prior fiscal year1 whether directly
 or through public-private partnerships 
under the pilot program4  7,b7 ,an      
assessment of relevant budget accounts  
where such an arsenal can be utilized to
 meet future procurement needs of the   
,department of ,defense1 irrespective of
 cost4  7,c7 ,an outlook of expected    
workload at each such arsenal during the
 period covered by the future-years     
defense program submitted to ,congress  
under section #bba of title #aj1 ,united
 ,states ,code4  7,d7 ,the capital      
investments required to be made at each 
such arsenal to ensure compliance and   
operational capacity4  7f7 ,definitions 
,in this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate     
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,armed   
,services and the ,subcommittee on      
,defense of the ,committee on           

,appropriations of the ,senate2 and     
7,b7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services 
and the ,subcommittee on ,defense of the
 ,committee on ,appropriations of the   
,house of ,representatives4  7#b7       
,non-public partner ,the term non-public
 partner means a corporation1           
individual1 university1 or nonprofit    
organization that is not part of the    
,united ,states ,government4