[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 961. Mr. SCHUMER 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. __. BRIEFING ON PLANS TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE ADDITIVE 
                   MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES.

       Not later than December 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives on the Department's plans to 
     develop and improve additive manufacturing, including the 
     Department's plans to--
       (1) develop military and quality assurance standards as 
     quickly as possible;
       (2) leverage current manufacturing institutes to conduct 
     research in the validation of quality standards for additive 
     manufactured parts; and
       (3) further integrate additive manufacturing capabilities 
     and capacity into the Department's organic depots, arsenals, 
     and shipyards.
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