[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4183. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1085. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING IN PUBLICATION 
                   OF REPORTS ON STUDIES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT 
                   OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Acknowledgment.--Each report on a covered study that is 
     submitted, issued, published, presented at a conference or 
     meeting, or otherwise made available to the public shall 
     clearly disclose, in the acknowledgment section of such 
     report, the following:
       (1) The department, agency, element, or component of the 
     Department of Defense that provided funding for the covered 
     study.
       (2) The project or award number of the covered study.
       (3) An estimate of the total cost of the covered study.
       (b) Covered Study Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered study'' means any study that is carried out in 
     whole or in part with Federal funds, regardless of by whom 
     carried out.
       (1) To include a price tag estimating the cost to taxpayers 
     on studies funded by the Department of Defense.
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