[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2278. 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 BRIEFING ON POWERED 
                   EXOSKELETONS AND HUMAN CONTROLLED ROBOTS FOR 
                   HEAVY LIFT SUSTAINMENT TASKS.

       Not later than March 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall provide to Congress a briefing on the research and 
     development efforts of the Department of Defense for 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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