REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMITTAL OF PLANS RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE.

SEC. 831. REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMITTAL OF PLANS RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE. (a) Evaluation of Use of Foreign Components by Defense Industrial Base.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the collection and assessment of information on the extent to which the defense industrial base of the United States— 105 STAT. 1446 (A) procures subsystems of weapon systems, components of weapon systems, and components of subsystems of weapon systems from foreign sources; and (B) is dependent upon those foreign sources for the procurement of such subsystems and components. (2) The report shall be prepared in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative. (3) The report shall be submitted not later than March 15, 1992. (b) Identification of Barriers to Integration of Commercial and Defense Industrial Base.— (1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for the removal of barriers to the effective integration of the commercial and defense sectors of the industrial base of the United States. (2) The plan shall include— (A) the Secretary’s recommendations for any legislation necessary to remove those barriers; (B) a discussion of the actions to be taken by the Secretary to remove those barriers; and (C) a summary of the information relied on in the development of the plan. (3) The Secretary shall designate an official within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to develop the plan. In developing the plan, that official shall, in consultation with appropriate representatives of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, State and local governments, and the private sector, identify and evaluate— (A) the areas of industrial production in which a greater integration of commercial and defense activities would be beneficial for national defense purposes; (B) any Federal, State, and local statutes, regulations, and policies that are barriers to the integration of those activities; and (C) the actions necessary to remove the barriers to the integration of those activities. (4) The report shall be submitted not later than September 30, 1992.