Guidance regarding governance structure of organic industrial base of the Army

(a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall establish and publish guidance regarding updated governance of the organic industrial base of the Army. (b) Elements of guidance The guidance required under subsection (a) shall do the following: (1) Clearly delineate how decisions regarding resourcing and site operations that are currently overseen by the United States Army Materiel Command and workload and acquisition requirements that are currently overseen by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology will be reconciled to ensure the efficient functioning of the organic industrial base of the Army. (2) Clearly delineate the relationship of the organic industrial base of the Army with the Army Sustainment Command and the Joint Energetics Transition Office. (3) Establish, maintain, and disseminate, not less frequently than annually, to all leadership responsible for sites of the organic industrial base of the Army a comprehensive plan for the type and quantity of production and repair activities that will occur at each site, which shall— (A) account for the current and projected needs of the Army, other military departments, and foreign partners; (B) be coordinated with other production and repair activities across the Department of Defense; (C) fulfill the requirements of section 351 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119–60); and (D) cover not less than the next three years of production or repair activities. (4) Establish an updated resourcing model for the organic industrial base of the Army that— (A) is focused on reducing the production costs at each site of the organic industrial base of the Army to ensure such costs are competitive with other similar facilities; (B) describes any modifications to the Army Working Capital Fund resulting from such model; and (C) describes any use of direct appropriations to fund overhead or other costs resulting from such model. (5) Oversee and implement ongoing modernization efforts of the Army, including by establishing, maintaining, and disseminating a comprehensive plan that— (A) accounts for modernization needs across all sites of the organic industrial base of the Army; (B) includes the criteria used to allocate modernization funds across those sites; and (C) shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees not less frequently than annually. (6) Not later than 30 days after any decision that will decrease the workload of a site of the organic industrial base of the Army by 10 percent or more, notify the congressional defense committees of such decision, which shall include an explanation for the decrease and a plan to shift other work required by the Army to the site in order to maintain workforce capability. (c) Organic industrial base of the Army defined In this section, the term organic industrial base of the Army means the arsenals, ammunition plants, activities, and depots of the Army.