[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 486. 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 __ of title __, add the following:

     SEC. ___. PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS BY 
                   DEPARTMENT OF NAVY.

       (a) Plan Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall develop 
     a long-term science and technology plan for the development 
     of energetic materials, both explosives and propellants.
       (b) Report.--Not later than March 2, 2018, the Secretary 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the plan required by 
     subsection (a).
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