(a) Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group
(1) Establishment
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a working group of the Department of Defense to be known as the Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group to expedite the qualification of solid rocket motors from a supplier that does not otherwise supply such motors.
(2) Membership
The Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group shall consist of a representative from each of the following:
The Department of the Army.
The Department of the Navy.
The Department of the Air Force.
The Missile Defense Agency.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.
Any other component of the Department of Defense the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
(3) Duties
The Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group shall—
establish a strategy and implementation plan for the Department of Defense with respect to the qualification process for solid rocket motors from a contractor that does not otherwise supply such motors; and
designate not fewer than three missile programs for which the Secretary of Defense will expedite such qualification.
(4) Reports
(A) Annual reports
Not later than September 30, 2027, and annually thereafter through September 30, 2031, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the actions carried out by the Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group, including—
the status of qualifying solid rocket motors from a contractor that does not otherwise supply such motors;
an implementation plan for such qualification; and
an estimate of the costs to carry out such plan with respect to each new solid rocket motor or contractor, or both.
(B) Initial report
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing—
a certification that the Secretary has established the Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group;
an identification of who is leading the Working Group; and
the strategy and implementation plan under paragraph (3)(A).
(C) Limitation
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the travel expenses of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the report under subparagraph (B) is submitted.
(b) Second sourcing for production of existing critical munitions
(1) Requirement
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a prime contractor that provides a covered munition sources solid rocket motors for such munition from more than one supplier.
(2) Annual certifications
(A) Requirement
Except as provided by subparagraph (B), at the same time as the President submits to Congress the annual budget request under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification that, for each covered munition, a second supplier has been identified from which the prime contractor will source solid rocket motors for such munition during the fiscal year covered by that budget.
(B) Initial certification
The Secretary shall submit the initial certification under subparagraph (A) by not later than September 1, 2027, with respect to fiscal year 2028.
(C) Limitation
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2028 and any fiscal year thereafter for any office described in subparagraph (D), not more than 50 percent may be obligated or expended unless the Secretary has submitted the certification under subparagraph (A) for that fiscal year.
(D) Office described
An office described in this subparagraph is any of the following:
The Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
The Office of the Economic Defense Unit.
(3) Report
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on carrying out paragraph (1), including—
a timeline and the costs associated with procuring from a second supplier the munitions covered by such paragraph;
an identification of each such second supplier; and
an assessment on the feasibility and advisability of the Secretary carrying out a direct supply strategy regarding the procurement of solid rocket motors by the Department to support critical munition production.
(c) Production of new munitions
With respect to a contract or other agreement entered into for a covered munition on or after October 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Secretaries of the military departments and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall ensure that not fewer than two solid rocket motor suppliers are providing solid rocket motors for such munition.
(d) Covered munition
In this section, the term covered munition means any of the following:
Patriot advanced capability-3 missile segment enhancement.
Terminal high altitude area defense interceptors.
All standard missile variants (including standard missile-6, standard missile-3 blocks IB and IIA).
Tomahawk land attack missiles.
Maritime strike Tomahawk missiles.
Advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles.
Precision strike missiles.
Hydra 70 rockets.
Any other munitions the Secretary determines appropriate.