[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1785. Mr. DAINES 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:

        On page 23, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
       (5) Report.--Not later than the earlier of 180 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act or the date on which the 
     Secretary of Commerce awards the first grant under section 
     9902 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) 
     with amounts appropriated under this subsection, the 
     Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the heads of 
     relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to Congress a report 
     that includes recommendations for adjustments to policies and 
     regulations in order to reduce, with respect to the 
     semiconductor incentive program established under that 
     section--
       (A) permitting timelines; and
       (B) the various costs of permitting and the development of 
     semiconductor manufacturing.
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