SMALL ARMS PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS.

SEC. 818. SMALL ARMS PRODUCTION INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS.(a) Authority To Modify Definition of “Small Arms Production Industrial Base”.—Section 2473(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) by striking “In this section” and inserting “(1) Subject to paragraph (2), in this section”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) After March 31, 2010, the Secretary of Defense may eliminate, modify, or add to the firms included in the small arms production industrial base, as defined in paragraph (1), as he determines appropriate to best ensure the competitive development, production, and maintenance of small arms for the Department of Defense.”.(b) Review of Small Arms Production Industrial Base.—123 STAT. 2409(1) Review.—Not later than March 31, 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall review and determine, based on current and future Department requirements and competitive manufacturing capability and capacity—(A) whether any firms included in the small arms production industrial base (as that term is defined in section 2473(c) of title 10, United States Code) should be eliminated or modified and whether any additional firms should be included; and(B) whether any of the small arms listed in section 2473(d) of title 10, United States Code, should be eliminated from the list or modified on the list and whether any additional small arms should be included in the list.(2) Reports.—(A) Not later than March 31, 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the review conducted under this subsection.(B) The Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days after making any modification to the list maintained pursuant to subsection (c) of section 2473 of title 10, United States Code, or the list under subsection (d) of such section.