[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3549]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4455. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. Ayotte) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 E of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1667. REPORT ON PERFORMANCE OF TRANSISTORS USED BY 
                   MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Missile 
     Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on the performance of transistors used in 
     electronic systems on platforms and systems in radiation-
     hardened applications of the Agency.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include--
       (1) an assessment of the performance of transistors 
     described in subsection (a) in radiation-hardened 
     applications; and
       (2) an identification of emerging transistor technologies 
     with the potential to enhance the performance of electronic 
     systems in radiation-hardened applications.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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