[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1035. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) 
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 B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 223. LIMITATION ON AWARD OF CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND 
                   AGREEMENTS FOR BASIC RESEARCH.

       (a) Limitation.--A department, agency, component, or other 
     element of the Department of Defense may not use funds for 
     the award of a contract or grant, or for entry into an 
     agreement, for basic research unless the head of such 
     department, agency, component, or element determines that 
     such basic research--
       (1) will promote the progress of science; or
       (2) will advance a national security interest of the United 
     States.
       (b) Availability to Public.--Each determination made 
     pursuant to subsection (a), and the written justification for 
     such determination, shall be made available to the public on 
     an Internet website of the Department of Defense that is 
     available to the public.
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