[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1582. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Mrs. Blackburn) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1502 
proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new 
Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science 
Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require 
a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, 
innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical 
supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of section 2116(f), add the following:
       (5) Prohibition on duplication.--No funds shall be made 
     available to the Directorate for activities that would 
     unnecessarily duplicate existing programs, efforts, and 
     infrastructure supported by other relevant Federal agencies, 
     including the Department of Energy, as of the date of 
     enactment.
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