REPORT REGARDING INDUSTRIAL BASE FOR LARGE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS.

SEC. 1699. REPORT REGARDING INDUSTRIAL BASE FOR LARGE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS. (a) Report.— (1) In general.—Not later than April 15, 2019, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments that the Under Secretary determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on whether, and if so, how, the Federal Government will sustain more than one supplier for large solid rocket motors. (2) Matters included.—The report under paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the following: (A) The risks within the industrial base for large solid rocket motors, including the risks to national security. (B) The near- and long-term costs associated with having a single source of large solid rocket motors as compared to having more than one such source. (C) Options for sustaining more than one supplier for large solid rocket motors, including through leveraging— (i) the ground-based strategic deterrent program; (ii) the Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missile program; (iii) the ground-based midcourse defense program; (iv) national security space launch programs; (v) programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and (vi) any other applicable programs that use or may use solid rocket motors of any size, including with respect to substrategic and tactical systems. (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the following: (1) The congressional defense committees. (2) The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (3) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.