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On the recordNovember 18, 2011
They are, Senator Sherrod Brown, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263; Senator Leahy, 1080; Senator Wyden, 1296; Senator Pryor, 1151, 1152; and Senator Bill Nelson, 1209, 1210, 1236, and 1255. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments en bloc are as follows: amendment no. 1259 (Purpose: To link domestic manufacturers to defense supply chain opportunities) At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following: SEC. 325. LINKING DOMESTIC MANUFACTURERS TO DEFENSE SUPPLY CHAIN OPPORTUNITIES. The Secretary of Defense is authorized to work with the Hollings Manufacturing Partnership Program and other manufacturing-related local intermediaries designated by the Secretary to develop a multi-agency comprehensive plan to expand domestic defense and industrial base supply chains with involvement from other applicable Federal agencies or industry consortiums-- (1) to identify United States manufacturers currently producing, or capable of producing, defense and industrial base equipment, component parts, or similarly performing products; and (2) to work with partners to identify and address gaps in domestic supply chains. amendment no. 1260 (Purpose: To strike section 846, relating to a waiver of ``Buy American'' requirements for procurement of components otherwise producible overseas with specialty metal not produced in the United States) Strike section 846. amendment no.…
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