AMMUNITION INDUSTRIAL BASE.

SEC. 1082. AMMUNITION INDUSTRIAL BASE. (a) Review of Ammunition Procurement Programs.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a review of the programs of the Department of Defense for the procurement of ammunition. The review shall include the Department of Defense management of ammunition procurement programs, including the procedures of the Department for the planning for, budgeting for, administration, and carrying out of such programs. The Secretary shall begin the review not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Matters To Be Reviewed.— The review under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of the following: (1) The practicability and desirability of (A) continuing to use centralized procurement practices (through a single executive agent) for the procurement of ammunition required by the Armed Forces, and (B) using such centralized procurement practices for the procurement of all such ammunition. (2) The capability of the ammunition production facilities of the Government to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces for procurement of ammunition. (3) The practicability and desirability of converting those ammunition production facilities to ownership or operation by private sector entities. (4) The practicability and desirability of integrating the budget planning for the procurement of ammunition among the Armed Forces. (5) The practicability and desirability of establishing an advocate within the Department of Defense for matters relating to the ammunition industrial base, with such an advocate to be responsible for— (A) establishing the quantity and price of ammunition procured by the Armed Forces; and 110 STAT. 456 (B) establishing and implementing policy to ensure the continuing capability of the ammunition industrial base in the United States to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces. (b) The practicability and desirability of providing information on the ammunition procurement practices of the Armed Forces to Congress through a single source. (c) Report.— Not later than April 1, 1996, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the review carried out under subsection (a). The report shall include the following: (1) The results of the review. (2) A discussion of the methodologies used in carrying out the review. (3) An assessment of various methods of ensuring the continuing capability of the ammunition industrial base of the United States to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces. (4) Recommendations of means (including legislation) of implementing those methods in order to ensure such continuing capability.