[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 708. Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. Durbin) 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. EXPANDING THE DUTIES OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF 
                   DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING.

       Section 133a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) providing the Secretary with recommendations relating 
     to unfunded requirements on matters, activities, and programs 
     described in paragraph (2), including military construction 
     projects.''.
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