1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Readiness and Cost Savings Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 ( Public Law 107–314 ), which passed with broad bipartisan support, established an Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. The office was created to oversee and coordinate efforts throughout the Department of Defense to prevent and mitigate corrosion of the military equipment and infrastructure of the Department . (2) Corrosion of the equipment and infrastructure of the Department of Defense (referred to in this section as the Department ) is expensive and impedes military readiness. According to a study commissioned by the Department’s Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight, corrosion costs the Department $20.6 billion annually across all services. These costs comprise 21 percent of the Department’s total maintenance costs across all services. Corrosion is responsible for 11 percent, or roughly 1.1 million, of all non-available days for Department assets. (3) Chemical-agent-resistant-coatings, which help to protect military vehicles and equipment from chemical and biological weapons and severe environmental conditions that cause corrosion, can range in price from $100 to $800 per gallon. With approximately 3,760 assets of varying sizes painted at a typical Department depot per year, such coatings comprise a significant annual cost category for the operation of the facility and the maintenance of military assets, according to analysis from the Southwest Research Institute. (4) Military painter training and certification helps reduce waste and rework of military assets, reducing the costs associated with the application of chemical-agent-resistant-coatings. For example, one military painter training and certification provider helped Letterkenny Army Depot use 8,100 fewer gallons of such coatings per year, saving the depot