Defense Industrial Base Advanced Manufacturing Enhancement Act

(1) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections:

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit the plan required by subsection (a) to—

(1) the collaborative forum established under section 1844 of this Act (Public Law 119–160; 10 U.S.C. 4811 note);

(2) the Defense Logistics Agency; and

(3) the congressional defense committees.

Following receipt of the plan described in paragraph (1), members of the collaborative forum established under such section 1844 shall establish a working group (or other appropriate organization) to implement such plan by developing or identifying advanced manufacturing solutions to increase the production of critical readiness items of supply identified under subsection (a)(1), where such solutions are likely to ensure the production of such items not later than 24 months after the date of the establishment of the working group.

Not later than 60 days after receipt of the plan described in paragraph (1), the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall update the No Bid Solicitation List to include a notation for items that have been identified under subsection (a)(1) as critical readiness items of supply.; and

(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

(3) The term No Bid Solicitation List means the list maintained by the Defense Logistics Agency identifying solicitations that have received no bids or no responsive offers within required procurement timelines.

(4) The term covered system has the meaning given in section 4324 of title 10, United States Code.