[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6045-S6046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 965. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION 
                   OF ADVANCED LABORATORY FACILITIES FOR QUANTUM 
                   INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

       (a) Construction.--
       (1) Increase.--The amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under the heading ``construction of research 
     facilities'' under the heading ``National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology'' in division A is hereby increased 
     by $134,000,000.
       (2) Availability.--The amount of the increase under 
     paragraph (1) shall be available for the construction of new 
     advanced laboratory facilities to support research, 
     technology, and advanced training in quantum information 
     science and technology.

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       (3) Supplement and not supplant.--The amount made available 
     by paragraph (2) shall supplement, not supplant, other 
     funding made available for purposes described in such 
     paragraph.
       (b) Renovation.--
       (1) Increase.--The amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under the heading ``construction of research 
     facilities'' under the heading ``National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology'' in division A, as modified by 
     subsection (a)(1), is hereby increased by an additional 
     $27,000,000.
       (2) Availability.--The amount of the increase under 
     paragraph (1) shall be available for the renovation of 
     existing laboratory space that may be upgraded to accommodate 
     additional research efforts relating to quantum information 
     science and technology for technology development, 
     interaction with industry, new quantum workforce training 
     opportunities, and other national goals.
       (3) Supplement and not supplant.--The amount made available 
     by paragraph (2) shall supplement, not supplant, other 
     funding made available for purposes described in such 
     paragraph.
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