[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2623. Mr. WHITEHOUSE 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. ___. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND 
                   MATERIALS FOR MILITARY SHELTER APPLICATIONS.

       (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to 
     enter into a contract or other agreement with the National 
     Academy of Sciences to perform the services covered by this 
     section.
       (b) Independent Study.--Under a contract or other agreement 
     between the Secretary and the National Academy of Sciences 
     under this section, the National Academy of Sciences shall 
     conduct a study on the use of advanced technologies and 
     materials (including composite materials) for military 
     shelters and other infrastructure applications. Such study 
     shall include examination of the effectiveness of such 
     technologies and materials to enhance concealment, 
     camouflage, deception, shielding, and secure communications 
     of a command post or other infrastructure.
       (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall ensure that the 
     study conducted under this section is completed and submit to 
     the congressional defense committees a report on the findings 
     of the Secretary with respect to such study.
       (d) Alternative Contract Scientific Organization.--
       (1) In general.--If the Secretary is unable to enter into a 
     contract or other agreement described in subsection (a) with 
     the National Academy of Sciences on terms acceptable to the 
     Secretary, the Secretary shall seek to enter into such 
     contract or other agreement with another appropriate 
     scientific organization that--
       (A) is not part of the Federal Government; and
       (B) has expertise and objectivity comparable to that of the 
     National Academy of Sciences.
       (2) Treatment.--If the Secretary enters into an agreement 
     with another organization as described in paragraph (1), any 
     reference in this section to the National Academy of Sciences 
     shall be treated as a reference to the other organization.
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