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handle is hein.crs/govdaci0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -r.......... May 8, 2020 Defense Primer: The Defense Logistics Agency Established under Title 10, Sections 191 and 192, of the United States Code (U.S.C.), the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a single Department of Defense (DOD) agency responsible for supply or service activities common to all military departments. Section 193 of Title 10 identifies DLA as a combat support agency, a designation that according to DLA, gives DLA a formal oversight relationship with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and allows combatant commanders to request specific support from the agency. Under these authorities, the agency manages the global supply chain for DOD and its partners by providing procurement, storage, distribution, disposition, and other technical services to its customers. DLA is one of several organizations that are essential to the Joint Logistics Enterprise (see Joint Publication 4-0). DLA is headquartered in Fort Belvoir, VA, but the agency operates in most U.S. states and territories and in 28 foreign countries (see Figure 1). Annually, it provides more than $37 billion worth of goods and services to DOD, other federal agencies, and partner and allied nations. DLA states it supplies 86 percent of the military's spare parts, and nearly 100 percent of fuel and troop support consumables, manages the reutilization of military equipment, provides catalogs and other logistics information products, and offers document automation and production services. Through established DOD programs, DLA can also support tribal, state, and local government agencies. Figure I. Distribution of DLA Employees, April 2020 S-1 .XK I , . Source: CRS graphic based on DLA data. DLA's primary purpose is to meet the logistics requirements of the armed forces for food, clothing, fuel, parts, and other items. Its major responsibilities are to (1) buy or contract, (2) warehouse when needed and (3) distribute about 5 million distinct consumable, expendable and reparable items to its military customers. The agency contracts for high-volume, commercially available items based on customer requirements. It then distributes these items directly to the requesting customer (e.g., a shipyard or maintenance depot), or stores them for later delivery. DLA also allows customers to order supplies directly from integrated supply chain contractors if they are an approved provider through the Prime Vendor Program (see Figure 2). Figure 2. DLA Supply Chain Management Process Source: Government Accountability Office (GAO-02-776). DLA delivery of items typically includes supplementary services like warehousing, packaging, and transportation. DLA exclusively procures and manages energy products for DOD including bulk petroleum-products (i.e., petroleum, oil, and lubricants, or POL), coal, natural gas, electricity, alternative fuels, and missile fuels. DLA Energy (DLA-E) is the DLA subordinate command that performs this function by securing vendor contracts for energy products, managing product inventory, and ensuring the delivery of those products to its customers worldwide. DLA-E also provides energy-related services to military installations including energy acquisition support and utilities contracting. In addition to bulk petroleum fuels and electricity, DLA-E provides propellants, cryogenics, and gases for military weapons systems and space programs. The National Defense Stockpile (NDS)-established in 50 U.S.C. §98 et seq.-is a non-fuel, raw materials-based stockpile that protects against a costly dependence upon foreign and single points of supply for strategic and critical materials needed in times of national emergency. DOD periodically stockpiles 42 commodities in the NDS- mainly base and precious metals-that are critical to defense needs. DLA Strategic Materials (DLA-SM) is responsible for managing the NDS and is required to provide a report to Congress every two years on stockpile requirements. The last report was submitted to Congress in January 2019. Wy's ..' C.,, AA.*, of W~d 63 A-, 1. ,P.::h R 1 10 LU

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