[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 310. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 B of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 718. PRESERVATION OF RESOURCES OF THE ARMY MEDICAL 
                   RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND AND TREATMENT OF 
                   REALIGNMENT OF SUCH COMMAND.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall preserve 
     the resources of the Army Medical Research and Materiel 
     Command for use by such command, which shall include manpower 
     and funding, as such command realigns with the Army Futures 
     Command in 2019 and the Defense Health Agency in 2020.
       (b) Transfer of Funds.--Upon completion of the realignment 
     described in subsection (a), all amounts available for the 
     Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, at the baseline 
     for such amounts for fiscal year 2019, shall be transferred 
     from accounts for research, development, test, and evaluation 
     for the Army to accounts for the Defense Health Program.
       (c) Continuation as Center of Excellence.--After completion 
     of the realignment described in subsection (a), the Army 
     Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick shall 
     continue to serve as a Center of Excellence for Joint 
     Biomedical Research, Development and Acquisition Management 
     for efforts undertaken under the Defense Health Program.
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