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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

Subtitle D--Industrial Base Matters

P. L. 116-

House Conference Report   116-617

(1) how authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) could be used to provide incentives to increase activities relating to refining aluminum and the development of processing and manufacturing capabilities for aluminum; and

(2) whether a new initiative would further the development of such processing and manufacturing capabilities for aluminum.

(b) Submission.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate the appendix described in subsection (a).

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 830) that would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on how authorities under the Defense Production Act could be used to increase activities related to refining aluminum and the development of processing and manufacturing capabilities for aluminum.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision.

The Senate recedes with an amendment that would direct the Secretary of Defense to include such reporting as an appendix to the Department of Defense's annual national technology and industrial base report, required by section 2504 of title 10, United States Code.

The conferees note that the refining of aluminum and the development of processing and manufacturing capabilities for aluminum, including a geographically diverse set of such capabilities, may have important implications for the defense industrial base and national defense.