[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 103 (Wednesday, June 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4097]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 772. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed 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. ___. PLAN ON ADVANCEMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL HYPERSONIC 
                   SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND 
                   DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) Plan Required.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to 
     advance fundamental hypersonic science and technology 
     research and development.
       (b) Elements.--The plan submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) Identification of high priority research efforts of the 
     Department of Defense.
       (2) Identification of organizations designated to fund 
     university hypersonic research.
       (3) A plan for partnerships with universities on matters 
     relating to the advancement of fundamental hypersonic science 
     and technology research and development, including by 
     establishing a consortium of willing participants.
       (4) Development of a strategy for workforce development, 
     acquisition program oversight, and basic research focus 
     areas.
       (5) Options for university experts to work in Department 
     labs and test centers on hypersonics.
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