Modernization of Army arsenals

(a) Authority to establish and operate The Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to accelerate the modernization of the Army’s organic industrial base to meet the munitions requirements of the Army. (b) Facilities and infrastructure The Secretary of the Army shall prioritize utilizing or modifying existing facilities, as well as existing environmental permits, security arrangements, and personnel required for the production of sensitive military munitions, to establish the production lines for the following items: (1) A secondary domestic source of military-grade nitrocellulose. (2) Any of 13 precursor chemicals used widely across the Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition portfolio that are currently sourced solely from the People's Republic of China. (3) Any of the 300 chemicals identified as single point failures by the Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition. (4) Multiple calibers of ammunition, serviced by a load and pack facility. (5) A combination of the above options. (c) Location The production line or lines described in subsection (b) shall be established at each Army organic industrial base installation that— (1) has received less than $100,000,000 in cumulative modernization funding across all Army accounts during the two most recent fiscal years; and (2) has substantial acreage available and suitable for future industrial or technical development. (d) Expedited approvals and waivers The Secretary is encouraged to expedite the establishment of the production lines and shall utilize to the fullest extent possible the existing environmental permits and work expertise resident at installations described in subsection (c). (e) Funds The Secretary of the Army may use such funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act that are available to establish the production line or lines described in subsection (b).