[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3844]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2810. 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:

       On page 57, strike lines 3 through 25 and insert the 
     following:
       (2) support efforts to accelerate the integration and 
     transition of new manufacturing technologies and processes;
       (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 and Department of Defense 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 and the transition 
     of existing capabilities;
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