REINVESTMENT IN DOMESTIC SOURCES OF STRATEGIC MATERIALS.

SEC. 803. REINVESTMENT IN DOMESTIC SOURCES OF STRATEGIC MATERIALS.(a) Assessment Required.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Strategic Materials Protection Board established pursuant to section 187 of title 10, United States Code, shall perform an assessment of the extent to which domestic producers of strategic materials are investing and planning to invest on a sustained basis in the processes, infrastructure, workforce training, and facilities required for the continued domestic production of such materials to meet national defense requirements.(b) Cooperation of Domestic Producers.—The Department of Defense may take into consideration the degree of cooperation of any domestic producer of strategic materials with the assessment conducted under subsection (a) when determining how much weight to accord any comments provided by such domestic producer 122 STAT. 208 regarding a proposed waiver of domestic source limitations pursuant to section 2533b of title 10, United States Code.(c) Report to Congressional Defense Committees.—The Board shall include the findings and recommendations of the assessment required by subsection (a) in the first report submitted to Congress pursuant to section 187(d) of title 10, United States Code, after the completion of such assessment.(d) Definition.—The term “strategic material” means—(1) a material designated as critical to national security by the Strategic Materials Protection Board in accordance with section 187 of title 10, United States Code; or(2) a specialty metal as defined by section 2533b of title 10, United States Code.