[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 457. 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 C of title II, add the following:

     SEC. ___. ENERGETICS PLAN.

       (a) Plan Required.--The Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Research and Engineering shall, in coordination with the 
     technical directors at defense laboratories and such other 
     officials as the Under Secretary considers appropriate, 
     develop an energetics research and development plan to ensure 
     a long-term multi-domain research, development, prototyping, 
     and experimentation effort that--
       (1) maintains United States technological superiority in 
     energetics technology critical to national security;
       (2) efficiently develops new energetics technologies and 
     transitions them into operational use, as appropriate; and
       (3) maintains a robust industrial base and workforce to 
     support Department of Defense requirements for energetic 
     materials.
       (b) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall brief 
     the congressional defense committees on the plan developed 
     under subsection (a).
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