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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
H. R. 4310
SEC. 158. STUDY ON SMALL ARMS AND SMALL-CALIBER AMMUNITION
CAPABILITIES.
(a) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
enter into a contract with a federally funded research and
development center to conduct a study on the requirements
analysis and determination processes and capabilities of the
Department of Defense with respect to small arms and smallcaliber
ammunition that carries out each of the following:
(A) A comparative evaluation of the current military
small arms in use by the Armed Forces, including general
purpose and special operations forces, and select military
equivalent commercial candidates not necessarily in use
militarily but currently available.
(B) A comparative evaluation of the standard smallcaliber
ammunition of the Department with other smallcaliber
ammunition alternatives.
Department
to modernize the small arms and small-caliber
ammunition capabilities of the Department.
(D) An assessment of the requirements analysis and
determination processes of the Department for small arms
and small-caliber ammunition.
(2) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—The study required under paragraph
(1) shall take into consideration the following factors:
(A) Current and future operating environments, as
specified or referred to in strategic guidance and planning
documents of the Department.
(B) Capability gaps identified in small arms and smallcaliber
ammunition capabilities based assessments of the
Department.
(C) Actions taken by the Secretary to address capability
gaps identified in any such capabilities based assessments.
(D) Findings from studies of the Department of Defense
Small Arms and Small-Caliber Ammunition defense support
team and actions taken by the Secretary in response
to such findings.
(E) Findings from the assessment required by section
143 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C.
2304 note) and actions taken by the Secretary in response
to such findings.
small arms and small-caliber ammunition of the Armed
Forces, including general purpose and special operations
forces, as well as the potential for continued modification
and improvement.
(G) Impacts to the small arms production industrial
base and small-caliber ammunition industrial base, if any,
associated with changes from current U.S. or NATO
standard caliber weapons or ammunition sizes.
(H) Total life cycle costs of each small arms system
and small-caliber ammunition, including incremental
increases in cost for industrial facilitization or small arms
and ammunition procurement, if any, associated with
changes described in subparagraph (G).
(I) Any other factor the federally funded research and
development center considers appropriate.
(3) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall ensure
that the federally funded research and development center
conducting the study under paragraph (1) has access to all
necessary data, records, analyses, personnel, and other
resources necessary to complete the study.
(b) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 2013, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report containing the results of the study conducted under
subsection (a)(1), together with the comments of the Secretary
on the findings contained in the study.
(2) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The report shall be in unclassified
form, but may contain a classified annex.
(c) SMALL ARMS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘small
arms’’ means weapons assigned to and operated by an individual
member of the Armed Forces, including handguns, rifles and carbines
(including sniper and designated marksman weapons), submachine
guns, and light-machine guns.
Is this significant at all?
H. R. 4310
SEC. 158. STUDY ON SMALL ARMS AND SMALL-CALIBER AMMUNITION
CAPABILITIES.
(a) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
enter into a contract with a federally funded research and
development center to conduct a study on the requirements
analysis and determination processes and capabilities of the
Department of Defense with respect to small arms and smallcaliber
ammunition that carries out each of the following:
(A) A comparative evaluation of the current military
small arms in use by the Armed Forces, including general
purpose and special operations forces, and select military
equivalent commercial candidates not necessarily in use
militarily but currently available.
(B) A comparative evaluation of the standard smallcaliber
ammunition of the Department with other smallcaliber
ammunition alternatives.
Department
to modernize the small arms and small-caliber
ammunition capabilities of the Department.
(D) An assessment of the requirements analysis and
determination processes of the Department for small arms
and small-caliber ammunition.
(2) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—The study required under paragraph
(1) shall take into consideration the following factors:
(A) Current and future operating environments, as
specified or referred to in strategic guidance and planning
documents of the Department.
(B) Capability gaps identified in small arms and smallcaliber
ammunition capabilities based assessments of the
Department.
(C) Actions taken by the Secretary to address capability
gaps identified in any such capabilities based assessments.
(D) Findings from studies of the Department of Defense
Small Arms and Small-Caliber Ammunition defense support
team and actions taken by the Secretary in response
to such findings.
(E) Findings from the assessment required by section
143 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C.
2304 note) and actions taken by the Secretary in response
to such findings.
small arms and small-caliber ammunition of the Armed
Forces, including general purpose and special operations
forces, as well as the potential for continued modification
and improvement.
(G) Impacts to the small arms production industrial
base and small-caliber ammunition industrial base, if any,
associated with changes from current U.S. or NATO
standard caliber weapons or ammunition sizes.
(H) Total life cycle costs of each small arms system
and small-caliber ammunition, including incremental
increases in cost for industrial facilitization or small arms
and ammunition procurement, if any, associated with
changes described in subparagraph (G).
(I) Any other factor the federally funded research and
development center considers appropriate.
(3) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall ensure
that the federally funded research and development center
conducting the study under paragraph (1) has access to all
necessary data, records, analyses, personnel, and other
resources necessary to complete the study.
(b) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 2013, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report containing the results of the study conducted under
subsection (a)(1), together with the comments of the Secretary
on the findings contained in the study.
(2) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The report shall be in unclassified
form, but may contain a classified annex.
(c) SMALL ARMS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘small
arms’’ means weapons assigned to and operated by an individual
member of the Armed Forces, including handguns, rifles and carbines
(including sniper and designated marksman weapons), submachine
guns, and light-machine guns.
Is this significant at all?