[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 138 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3750. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, acting 
     through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
     Engineering, submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report on current investments of the Armed Forces in research 
     on energetics. The report shall include the following:
       (1) A comparison between current investments of the Navy in 
     research on energetics and current investments of the other 
     military departments in such research.
       (2) Recommendations for the most appropriate investments by 
     the Armed Forces in research on energetics in the future, and 
     a strategic roadmap for such investments.
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