[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3381-S3382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2566. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 C of title II, add the following:

     SEC. __. NATIONAL SECURITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY.

       (a) Strategy.--Not later than February 4, 2019, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a strategy 
     (to be known as the ``National Security Science and 
     Technology Strategy'') to prioritize the science and 
     technology efforts and investments of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (b) Elements.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) include specific goals for the science and technology 
     programs of the Department of Defense in which personnel and 
     resources of the Department are invested;
       (2) be aligned with the National Defense Strategy and 
     governmentwide strategic science and technology priorities, 
     including the defense budget priorities of the Office of 
     Science and Technology Policy of the President;
       (3) align the acquisition priorities, programs, and 
     timelines of the Department with the acquisition priorities, 
     programs, and timelines of defense enterprise laboratories 
     and services;
       (4) contain an assessment of high-priority emerging 
     technology programs of the Department, including programs 
     relating to hypersonics, directed energy, synthetic biology, 
     and artificial intelligence;
       (5) identify high-priority research and engineering 
     requirements and gaps;
       (6) include recommendations for changes in authorities, 
     regulations, policies, or any other relevant areas, that 
     would support the achievement of the goals set forth in the 
     strategy; and
       (7) contain such other information as the Secretary of 
     Defense determines to be appropriate.
       (c) Annual Submission.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than February 4, 2019, and 
     annually thereafter through December 31, 2021, the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees the most recent version of the strategy developed 
     under subsection (a).
       (2) Form of submission.--Each strategy submitted under 
     paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
     may include a classified annex.
       (d) Briefing.--Not later than 14 days after the date on 
     which the initial strategy under

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     subsection (a) is completed, the Under Secretary of Defense 
     for Research and Engineering shall provide to the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the House of Representatives a briefing on the 
     implementation of the strategy.
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