[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3462]
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SA 1985. Mr. LEE 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. ___. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CONSIDERATION OF POWERED
EXOSKELETONS AND HUMAN CONTROLLED ROBOTS FOR
HEAVY LIFT SUSTAINMENT TASKS.
Whenever the Secretary of Defense evaluates the research
and development of emerging war-fighting technologies, the
Secretary shall consider the use of full-body, autonomously
powered exoskeletons and semi-autonomous or tele-operated
single or dual-armed, human controlled robots used for heavy
lift sustainment tasks.
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