[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2032. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her 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 E of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3145. NUCLEAR FILTRATION TESTING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title XLIV of the Atomic 
     Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2581 et seq.), as amended by 
     section 3141, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 4411. NUCLEAR FILTRATION TESTING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall--
       ``(1) designate, as a federally funded research and 
     development center, a research center at an institution of 
     higher education not designated as a federally funded 
     research and development center or a university-affiliated 
     research center as of the date of the enactment of this 
     section; and
       ``(2) enter into a formal arrangement with that research 
     center to carry out a partnership program to research, 
     develop, and demonstrate new advancements with respect to 
     nuclear containment ventilation systems.
       ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
       ``(2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
     authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) shall 
     remain available until expended.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 4410, as added by section 3141, the 
     following new item:

``Sec. 4411. Nuclear filtration testing and research program.''.
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