[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4791. Mr. COATS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 
to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 80, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec. 301.  Funds appropriated or made available under the 
     heading ``National Science Foundation'' under the heading 
     ``SCIENCE'' under this title to award research grants may be 
     made available to increase the transparency, to the maximum 
     extent practicable, of any grant application submitted by a 
     recipient of such grant, provided that doing so does not 
     compromise intellectual property, competitive advantage, or 
     the privacy of such recipients or other individuals 
     associated with the grant.
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