[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 482. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1088. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CLOSE BIOSAFETY 
                   LEVEL 4 LABORATORIES.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this 
     Act or any other Act may be used to support the closure or 
     transfer of any biosafety level 4 laboratory of the 
     Department of Homeland Security or other facility of the 
     Department of Homeland Security that monitors chemical or 
     biological threats.
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