Pilot program on arsenal workload sustainment

(a) Establishment of pilot program Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to be known as the Arsenal Workload Sustainment Pilot Program (in this section referred to as the pilot program). (b) Duration The pilot program shall be conducted for a period of five years. (c) Preferences for procurement actions or solicitations (1) In general In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall give a preference to any procurement action or solicitation by a non-public partner who will enter into a public-private partnership with the Secretary in the source selection process if such non-public partner will use 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 Government. (2) Further preference In selecting non-public partners under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall give a preference to non-public partners that ensure an equitable workshare is performed under the partnership by employees of the Department of Defense to protect critical skills in the organic industrial base. (d) Regulations Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing how a non-public partner shall be given a preference required under subsection (c). (e) Report required (1) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities carried out under the pilot program, including a description of any operational challenges identified. (2) Elements The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A breakout, by relevant budget accounts, 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 year, whether directly or through public-private partnerships under the pilot program. (B) An assessment of relevant budget accounts where such an arsenal can be utilized to meet future procurement needs of the Department of Defense, irrespective of cost. (C) An outlook of expected workload at each such arsenal during the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code. (D) The capital investments required to be made at each such arsenal to ensure compliance and operational capacity. (f) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Non-public partner The term non-public partner means a corporation, individual, university, or nonprofit organization that is not part of the United States Government.

(a) Establishment of pilot program Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to be known as the Arsenal Workload Sustainment Pilot Program (in this section referred to as the pilot program). (b) Duration The pilot program shall be conducted for a period of five years. (c) Preferences for procurement actions or solicitations (1) In general In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall give a preference to any procurement action or solicitation by a non-public partner who will enter into a public-private partnership with the Secretary in the source selection process if such non-public partner will use 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 Government. (2) Further preference In selecting non-public partners under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall give a preference to non-public partners that ensure an equitable workshare is performed under the partnership by employees of the Department of Defense to protect critical skills in the organic industrial base. (d) Regulations Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing how a non-public partner shall be given a preference required under subsection (c). (e) Report required (1) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities carried out under the pilot program, including a description of any operational challenges identified. (2) Elements The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A breakout, by relevant budget accounts, 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 year, whether directly or through public-private partnerships under the pilot program. (B) An assessment of relevant budget accounts where such an arsenal can be utilized to meet future procurement needs of the Department of Defense, irrespective of cost. (C) An outlook of expected workload at each such arsenal during the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code. (D) The capital investments required to be made at each such arsenal to ensure compliance and operational capacity. (f) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Non-public partner The term non-public partner means a corporation, individual, university, or nonprofit organization that is not part of the United States Government.