[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3399]
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  SA 1892. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. 240. ELEMENT IN ANNUAL REPORTS ON CYBER SCIENCE AND 
                   TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES ON WORK WITH ACADEMIC 
                   CONSORTIA TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO SECURE 
                   EMBEDDED HARDWARE IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   CAPABILITIES.

       Section 257(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1291) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(J) Efforts to work with academic consortia to secure 
     embedded hardware, in coordination with the Department of 
     Defense labs, in Department capabilities and research on 
     ensuring cybersecurity protection for computer hardware that 
     is affordable, assured, and reliable.''.
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