[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3373-S3374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4369. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Reid, Mr. Blunt, 
Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Murkowski, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Murray, 
Mr. Casey, and Mr. Shelby) 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 C of title VII, add the following:

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     SEC. 764. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO 
                   LIMITATIONS, TRANSPARENCY, AND OVERSIGHT 
                   REGARDING MEDICAL RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Medical Research and Development Projects.--Section 
     756, relating to a prohibition on funding and conduct of 
     certain medical research and development projects by the 
     Department of Defense, shall have no force or effect.
       (b) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Efforts and 
     Procurement Activities Related to Medical Research.--Section 
     898, relating to a limitation on authority of the Secretary 
     of Defense to enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative 
     agreements for congressional special interest medical 
     research programs under the congressionally directed medical 
     research program of the Department of Defense, shall have no 
     force or effect.
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