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TITLE VIII--ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

P. L. 108-375

House Conference Report 108-767

SEC. 832. ASSESSMENT AND REPORT ON THE ACQUISITION OF POLYACRYLONITRILE (PAN) CARBON FIBER FROM FOREIGN SOURCES.

(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall delay the phase-out of the restriction on acquisition of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) carbon fiber from foreign sources (described in subpart 225.7103 of the Department of Defense supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation) until an assessment of PAN carbon fiber industry is completed and 30 days have passed after submission of the report required under subsection (c).

(b) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall perform a assessment of the domestic and international industrial structure that produces PAN carbon fibers, current and anticipated market trends for the product, and how the trends compare to the assessment as reported by the Secretary of Defense in January 2001.

(c) REPORT REQUIRED. — Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the assessment performed under subsection (b) and on any decision made to maintain or discontinue the phase-out of procurement restrictions on foreign acquisition of PAN carbon fibers in the Department of Defense supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation.  

The House bill contained a provision (sec. 813) that would require the Secretary of defense to delay phasing out of the restriction of acquisition of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) carbon fiber from foreign sources for three years.

The Senate amendment contained no similar provision. 

The Senate recedes with an amendment that would delay the phase out of the domestic source restriction for PAN carbon fibers for 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on an assessment of the domestic and international industrial structure that produces PAN carbon fibers and market trends for the product.