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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2473 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the Contested Logistics |
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| 6 | 6 | | Working Group of the Department of Defense. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JULY25, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OUNDS(for himself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the Con- |
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| 14 | 14 | | tested Logistics Working Group of the Department of |
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| 15 | 15 | | Defense. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategic Defense Lo-4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | gistics Improvement Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO THE CONTESTED LOGISTICS 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | WORKING GROUP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | DEFENSE. 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) E |
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| 25 | 25 | | XPANSION OFWORKINGGROUP.— 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •S 2473 IS |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2926(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | by adding at the end the following new subpara-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | graph: 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(D) A representative appointed by the Under 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sustainment from each of the following: 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(i) The Defense Logistics Agency. 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(ii) The Strategic Capabilities Office. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(iii) The Defense Advanced Research 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Projects Agency. 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(iv) The Office of the Under Secretary of 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Defense for Research and Engineering.’’. 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) T |
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| 43 | 43 | | IMING.—Not later than 60 days after the 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | retary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | shall appoint the additional members of the working 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | group required under paragraph (3)(D) of such sec-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tion, as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection. 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) M |
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| 50 | 50 | | EETINGS.—Such section is further amended by 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | adding at the end the following new paragraph: 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ‘‘(6) The working group under paragraph (1) shall 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | meet not less frequently than quarterly.’’. 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (c) R |
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| 55 | 55 | | EPORTS.—Such section is further amended by 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | adding at the end the following new paragraph: 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •S 2473 IS |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(7) Not later than February 1 of each year, the 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | working group under paragraph (1) shall submit to the 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | congressional defense committees a report that contains 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | a description of any shortfalls in personnel, equipment, in-4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | frastructure, energy and storage, or capabilities required 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | to support the operational plans of the Department of De-6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | fense.’’. 7 |
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