[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2777. Mr. DURBIN (for Ms. Duckworth) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 
(for himself and Mr. McCain) 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:

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     following:
       (2) support efforts to accelerate the integration and 
     transition of new manufacturing technologies and processes 
     developed by the centers for manufacturing innovation that 
     comprise the Network for Manufacturing Innovation;
       (3) identify improvements to sustainment methods for 
     component parts and other logistics needs;
       (4) identify and implement appropriate information security 
     protections to ensure security of advanced manufacturing;
       (5) aid in the procurement of advanced manufacturing 
     equipment and support services; and
       (6) enhance partnerships between the defense industrial 
     base, such centers for manufacturing innovation, 
     laboratories, academic institutions, and industry.
       (c) Cooperative Agreements and Partnerships.--
       (1) In general.--The Under Secretaries may enter into a 
     cooperative agreement and use public-private and public-
     public partnerships to facilitate development or transition 
     of advanced manufacturing techniques and capabilities in 
     support of the defense industrial base.
       (2) Requirements.--A cooperative agreement entered into 
     under paragraph (1) and a partnership used under such 
     paragraph shall facilitate--
       (A) development and implementation of advanced 
     manufacturing techniques and capabilities of the transition 
     of existing capabilities developed by the centers described 
     in subsection (b)(2);
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