Both the House and Senate National Defense Authorization Act iterations are accompanied by a report from the respective Committee on Armed Services. Both reports provide direction to the Department of Defense regarding the doemstic textile Defense Industrial Base (DIB).
HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT
1. The committee directs the Director of DLA and the Sec. of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than January 1, 2024, on the feasibility of requiring that home textile goods used on military installations be procured from domestic sources.
2. The committee is concerned about current economic factors impacting the capacity of the textile industry to meet DOD needs.
The committee directs the Sec. of Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2024. The report shall address the following:
- impact on inflation;
- recommendations for additional economic price adjustment clauses;
- the department’s efforts to adequately forecast needs to industry;
- review defense-related domestic manufacturing workforce levels;
- ability of the textile industrial base to increase production during a national emergency; and
- other matters the Secretary deems appropriate.
SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT
The committee is concerned about capacity for domestic Berry compliant articles, specially:
- Combat boots,
- Worsted wool, and
- Woven cotton.
The committee directs Assistant Sec. of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to brief the SASC by March 1, 2024, on impediments to manufacturing capacity for Berry compliant clothing. This language was inserted at the request of Sen Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).
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