[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5140]
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  SA 900. Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Portman) 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, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON THE NATIONAL BIODEFENSE ANALYSIS AND 
                   COUNTERMEASURES CENTER (NBACC) AND LIMITATION 
                   ON USE OF FUNDS.

       (a) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2017, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense 
     shall jointly submit to the appropriate Congressional 
     committees a report, prepared in consultation with the 
     officials listed in subsection (b), on the National 
     Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (referred to 
     in this section as the ``NBACC'') containing the following 
     information:
       (1) The functions of the NBACC.
       (2) The end users of the NBACC, including end users whose 
     assets may be managed by other agencies.
       (3) The cost and mission impact for each user identified 
     under paragraph (2) of any potential closure of the NBACC, 
     including an analysis of the functions of the NBACC that 
     cannot be replicated by other departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government.
       (4) In the case of closure of the NBACC, a transition plan 
     for any essential functions currently performed by the NBACC 
     to ensure mission continuity, including the storage of 
     samples needed for ongoing criminal cases.
       (b) Consultation.--The officials listed in this subsection 
     are the following:
       (1) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
       (2) The Attorney General.
       (3) The Director of National Intelligence.
       (4) As determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
     the leaders of other offices that utilize the NBACC.
       (c) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a 
     classified annex.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--For 
     purposes of this section, the term ``appropriate 
     Congressional Committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (3) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (4) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (5) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate;
       (6) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (7) the Committee on Judiciary of the Senate;
       (8) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (9) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
     House of Representatives;
       (10) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 
     and
       (11) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (e) Transition Period.--The report submitted under 
     subsection (a) shall include a transition adjustment period 
     of not less than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, or 180 days after the date on which the report required 
     in under this section is submitted to Congress, whichever is 
     later, during which none of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated under this Act or any other Act may be used to 
     support the closure, transfer, or other diminishment of the 
     NBACC or its functions.
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