[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1598. Mr. SCOTT of Florida 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:

       In title V of division B, at the end add the following:

     SEC. 25__. COMMITTEE TO RESEARCH ORIGINS OF COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--The Directorate shall establish a Federal 
     oversight committee to research the origins of COVID-19 and 
     provide the findings of such research to the Directorate. 
     Such committee shall be comprised of each of the following 
     (or their designees):
       (1) The Directorate.
       (2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
     coordination with the Director of the National Institutes of 
     Health and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention.
       (3) The Secretary of Defense.
       (4) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
       (5) The Secretary of Agriculture.
       (6) The Director of National Intelligence.
       (7) The Secretary of State.
       (b) Awards.--A portion of the amount made available to the 
     Directorate under this Act shall be made available to the 
     committee established under this section for the purpose of 
     making grants to any individual, or entity, that is eligible 
     for a grant under any other provision of this Act for the 
     purpose of researching the origins of COVID-19 in 
     coordination with such committee.
       (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Directorate shall provide 
     to Congress and the President a final report on the findings 
     of the committee under subsection (a).
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