CIVIL RESERVE MANUFACTURING NETWORK.

SEC. 1841. CIVIL RESERVE MANUFACTURING NETWORK. (a) [10 U.S.C. 4811 note] Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network Support.— (1) In general.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall direct the collaborative forum described in section 1844(a) of this Act to, in collaboration with relevant government, industry, and academic entities, support the establishment of the Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network (in this section referred to as the “CRMN”) to preserve the military advantage of the United States and broaden domestic manufacturing capability and capacity in the defense industrial base. (2) Responsibilities.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the collaborative forum shall— (A) identify laws, regulations, and policies impeding the establishment of the CRMN; (B) develop recommendations for the establishment and the operation of the CRMN, including— (i) incentives for manufacturers to participate in the CRMN; (ii) incentives or other considerations to address the risk of loss of manufacturing to the commercial customers of manufacturers participating in the CRMN if the Secretary of Defense activates the CRMN; (iii) producing a registry, to be known as the “National Manufacturing Registry”, to inventory the manufacturing capabilities of the United States to inform and support the development of the CRMN; and (iv) creating an index, to be known as the “Materiel Compatibility Index”, to identify where existing equipment, capabilities, and skill sets of commercial manufacturing could be converted to support requirements of the Department of Defense; and (C) submit to the Secretary a list of the laws, regulations, and policies identified under subparagraph (A) and the recommendations developed under subparagraph (B). (b) Plan.— (1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for establishing the CRMN, including— (A) a strategy to leverage government-owned manufacturing capabilities in partnership with the CRMN to support the requirements of the Department of Defense; (B) a plan, informed by the Material Compatibility Index, to develop a network of commercial manufacturing capabilities or facilities that can rapidly convert from commercial manufacturing or production to Department of Defense-directed manufacturing or production upon activation of the CRMN; (C) an identification of laws, regulations, and policies impeding the establishment of the CRMN, with recommendations to streamline such establishment; (D) an identification and assessment of existing public-private partnership authorities suitable for use by manufacturers participating in the CRMN to broaden domestic manufacturing capability and capacity in the defense industrial base, along with recommendations to expand such authorities to enable the integration of commercial advanced manufacturing systems, materials, and practices with organic industrial base requirements; (E) a list of existing Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence designated pursuant to section 2474 of title 10, United States Code, and compatible maintenance and repair capability for potential CRMN integration; and (F) recommendations for the official or officials of the Department who should be authorized to activate the CRMN and criteria for activating the CRMN, including recommendations related to a phased activation of the CRMN reflecting stages of competition and conflict. (2) Considerations.—The plan required under paragraph (1) shall incorporate, to the extent practicable, recommendations of the collaborative forum. (c) Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network Program.— (1) Upon the submission of the plan required under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall— (A) establish a program under which the Secretary shall manage and operate the CRMN; and (B) initiate the establishment of the CRMN. (2) Each participant shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to rapidly convert, on such terms as agreed to by the Secretary and the participant, production facilities to Department of Defense-directed manufacturing or production upon the activation of the CRMN. (3) Not later than 540 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into agreements with not fewer than two manufacturers, including advanced manufacturers, to participate in the CRMN. (4) Each participant shall be eligible for— (A) the use of the expedited procedures for qualification, certification, and testing of the products and services of such participant under section 865 of the Servicemember Quality of Life National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (Public Law 118-159; 10 U.S.C. 4811 note); and (B) subject to the availability of appropriations, awards under the program established under paragraph (1) for— (i) costs associated with expedited qualification and testing of goods manufactured by participants using an advanced manufacturing crisis qualification framework established under section 3243(e) of title 10, United States Code; and (ii) costs associated with non-recurring engineering activities required to convert traditional product specifications for use in advanced manufacturing. (5) In carrying out the program established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall encourage participants to prioritize converting existing commercial or dual-use manufacturing capabilities or facilities to Department of Defense-directed manufacturing or production pursuant to the activation of the CRMN. (6) None of the funds made available to a participant under the program established under paragraph (1) may be used for planning, design, or construction of a new advanced manufacturing facility. (7) The Secretary shall require each participant that receives an award under the program established under paragraph (1) to certify to the Secretary, at the time such award is made and annually thereafter, that none of the amounts of such award have been used for the planning, design, or construction of a new advanced manufacturing facility. (8) For the purposes of this section, the Secretary, or such other person authorized to activate the CRMN, activates the CRMN when the Secretary or such other person issues a notice to the participants that the Secretary or such other person that the CRMN is being activated. (d) Interim Report.—Not later than 540 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees— (1) a report on progress of establishing the CRMN, including— (A) an assessment of a factory-as-a-service model to enable CRMN establishment, reduce the Government costs, minimize obsolescence of participating manufacturing capabilities, and enable rapid scaling; (B) an analysis of opportunities for improved efficiency and reductions in costs through the use of advanced manufacturing and value engineering, without sacrificing performance, reliability, quality, or safety; (C) any additional findings by the Secretary related to laws, regulations, or policies constraining participation in, or the operations or effectiveness of, the CRMN, and recommendations to streamline the management, oversight, and execution of the CRMN; and (D) an assessment of the effectiveness of any incentive structure implemented to mitigate the risk described in section (a)(2)(B)(ii); and (2) a strategy to transition castings or forgings capabilities used to meet the needs of the Department of Defense that are experiencing delays or cost overruns to advanced manufacturing under the CRMN. (e) Definitions.—In this section: (1) The term “advanced manufacturer” means a manufacturer that uses advanced or adaptive manufacturing. (2) The term “advanced manufacturing” has the meaning given such term in section 4841(f) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this section. (3) The term “Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network” means a network of manufacturers partnering with the Secretary to rapidly convert commercial manufacturing capabilities or facilities from commercial manufacturing or production to Department of Defense-directed manufacturing or production. (4) The term “collaborative forum” means the collaborative forum described in section 1844(a) of this Act. (5) The term “factory-as-a-service” means a scalable, flexible manufacturing framework providing rapid reconfiguration of production and real-time collaboration across dispersed facilities. (6) The term “participant” means a manufacturer, including an advanced manufacturer, participating in the CRMN. (7) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Defense. (f) Conforming Amendment.— (1) Advanced manufacturing definition.—Section 4841 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(f) Advanced Manufacturing Defined.—In this section, the term ‘advanced manufacturing’ means manufacturing through the use of interconnected, advanced technologies throughout the design and manufacturing process that enables modular, adaptable, and efficient manufacturing, including software-controlled subtractive manufacturing, additive manufacturing, powder bed fusion manufacturing, and other similar manufacturing techniques.” . (2) Crisis framework.—Section 3243 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) by redesignating subsections (e) through (g) as subsections (f) through (h), respectively; and (B) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection: “(e) Advanced Manufacturing Crisis Qualification Frameworks.—The head of the agency shall establish a process to streamline and expedite the qualification of advanced manufacturing sources, processes, or products prior to or during wartime or upon activation of the Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network (as defined in section 1832 of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026), that addresses materials, systems, and processes using a risk framework suitable for wartime or during periods in which the CRMN is activated.” .