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“Text of Senate Amendment 6011” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S5491-S5492 on Sept. 28.
The Department includes the Census Bureau, which is used to determine many factors about American life. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department is involved in misguided foreign trade policies and is home to many unneeded programs.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
SA 6011. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:
SEC. 372. REPORT ON CARBON FIBER USED FOR DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE PURPOSES.
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress and relevant Federal agencies, as determined by the Secretary, which shall include the Department of Commerce, and publish in the Federal Register, a report that contains the following:
(1) The percentages of each of the following categories of military vehicles owned or scheduled to be owned by the Department of Defense that utilize foreign-sourced carbon fiber or domestic-sourced carbon fiber with foreign-sourced polyacrylonitrile:
(A) Next-generation aircraft and systems for such aircraft.
(B) Hypersonic aircraft and vehicles.
(C) Unmanned air vehicles.
(2) A list of foreign countries from which the Department of Defense imports carbon fiber or polyacrylonitrile, including the amount imported from each country.
(3) An assessment of the current state of production in the United States of carbon fiber and polyacrylonitrile.
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