[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 2809. 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:

       Beginning on page 48, strike line 10 and all that follows 
     through page 49, line 6, and insert the following:
       (1) A process for streamlined communications between the 
     Under Secretary, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the commanders of 
     the combatant commands, the science and technology executives 
     within each military department, the science and technology 
     community, and the manufacturing industrial base, including--
       (A) a process for the commanders of the combatant commands 
     and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to communicate their needs to 
     the science and technology community and the manufacturing 
     industrial base; and
       (B) a process for the science and technology community and 
     centers for manufacturing innovation to propose technologies 
     that meet the needs communicated by the combatant commands 
     and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
       (2) Procedures for the development of technologies proposed 
     pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), including--
       (A) a process for demonstrating performance of the proposed 
     technologies on a short timeline;
       (B) a process for accelerating, transitioning, and 
     integrating new manufacturing technologies and processes;
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