; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 1332. Designation of senior official for Department of Defense activities relating to, and implementation plan for, the AUKUS partnership (a) Designation of senior official Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior civilian official of the Department of Defense who shall be responsible for overseeing Department of Defense activities relating to the AUKUS partnership. (b) Plan (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing an implementation plan outlining Department of Defense efforts relating to the AUKUS partnership. (2) Elements The plan required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) Timelines and major anticipated milestones for the implementation of the AUKUS partnership. (B) An identification of dependencies of such milestones on defense requirements that are— (i) unrelated to the AUKUS partnership; and (ii) solely within the decisionmaking responsibility of Australia or the United Kingdom. (C) A consideration of the implications of the plan on the industrial base with respect to— (i) the expansion of existing United States submarine construction capacity to fulfill United States, United Kingdom, and Australia requirements; (ii) acceleration of the restoration of United States capabilities for producing highly enriched uranium to fuel submarine reactors; (iii) stabilization of commodity markets and expanding supplies of high-grade steel, construction materials, and other resources required for improving shipyard condition and expanding throughput capacity