[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3421-S3425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 56

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from West 
Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. 56, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for training 
and support services for families and caregivers of people living with 
Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.


                                 S. 189

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 189, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for annual cost-of-living 
adjustments to be made automatically by law each year in the rates of 
disability compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for 
survivors of certain service-connected disabled veterans, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 437

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 437, a bill 
to amend title 38, United States Code, to concede exposure to airborne 
hazards and toxins from burn pits under certain circumstances, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 464

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) 
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added as cosponsors of S. 464, a bill to amend the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 to require a group health plan or health 
insurance coverage offered in connection with such a plan to provide an 
exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 510

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mr. Padilla) was added as a cosponsor of S. 510, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the net value of 
assets of a taxpayer, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 534

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Daines) was added as a cosponsor of S. 534, a bill to improve the 
effectiveness of tribal child support enforcement agencies, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 545

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 545, a bill to permanently 
exempt payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account 
from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.


                                 S. 586

  At the request of Mrs. Capito, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Cramer) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 586, a bill to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to combat the opioid crisis by promoting access to 
non-opioid treatments in the hospital outpatient setting.


                                 S. 597

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 597, a bill to eliminate 
racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law 
enforcement, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 610

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the names of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Marshall) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 610, a bill to address behavioral health and well-
being among health care professionals.


                                 S. 611

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 611, a bill to deposit 
certain funds into the Crime Victims Fund, to waive matching 
requirements, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 613

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 613, a bill to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program 
on dog training therapy and to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
authorize the Secretary to provide service dogs to veterans with mental 
illnesses who do not have mobility impairments.


                                 S. 638

  At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 638, a bill to amend title 23, 
United States Code, to include a payment and performance security 
requirement for certain infrastructure financing, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 659

  At the request of Mr. Young, the names of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. 
Crapo) and the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 659, a bill to require the Secretary of Transportation 
to promulgate regulations relating to commercial motor vehicle drivers 
under the age of 21, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 692

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 692, a bill to 
award a Congressional Gold Medal to the female telephone operators of 
the Army Signal Corps, known as the ``Hello Girls'' .


                                 S. 773

  At the request of Mr. Thune, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith) and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 773, a bill to enable certain hospitals 
that were participating in or applied for the drug discount program 
under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act prior to the COVID-
19 public health emergency to temporarily maintain eligibility for such 
program, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 774

  At the request of Mr. Tillis, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Blunt) was added as a cosponsor of S. 774, a bill to amend title 
18, United States Code, to punish criminal offenses targeting law 
enforcement officers, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 775

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 775, a bill to 
require institutions of higher education to disclose hazing-related 
misconduct, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 786

  At the request of Mr. Young, the name of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mrs. Fischer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 786, a bill to require 
the Secretary of Transportation to review laws relating to the illegal 
passing of school buses and to execute a public safety messaging 
campaign relating to illegal passing of school buses, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 792

  At the request of Mrs. Fischer, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Barrasso) was added as a cosponsor of S. 792, a bill to amend the 
Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 to modify certain 
agricultural exemptions for hours of service requirements, and for 
other purposes.


                                 S. 998

  At the request of Mr. Coons, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 998, a bill to provide 
grants to States that do not suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a 
driver's license of a person or refuse to renew a registration of a 
motor vehicle for failure to pay a civil or criminal fine or fee, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1089

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1089, a bill 
to direct the Government Accountability Office to evaluate appropriate 
coverage of assistive technologies provided to patients who experience 
amputation or live with limb difference.


                                S. 1095

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1095, a bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to provide for the disapproval by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs of courses of education offered by public 
institutions of higher learning that do not charge veterans the in-
State tuition rate for purposes of Survivors' and Dependents' 
Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1210

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from 
Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1210, a bill to 
amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by 
the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain 
wildlife species, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1383

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Arizona 
(Ms. Sinema) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1383, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to develop best practices for the establishment and use of 
behavioral intervention teams at schools, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1453

  At the request of Ms. Baldwin, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) and the Senator from California (Mrs. 
Feinstein) were added as cosponsors of S. 1453, a bill to reauthorize 
title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve and 
encourage innovation in international education, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1468

  At the request of Mr. Tester, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1468, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of

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Veterans Affairs to expand the Rural Access Network for Growth 
Enhancement Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to direct 
the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to 
assess certain mental health care resources of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs available to veterans who live in rural areas.


                                S. 1491

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Collins) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1491, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve obstetric care in rural areas.


                                S. 1520

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1520, a bill to 
reform the disposition of charges and convening of courts-martial for 
certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and 
increase the prevention of sexual assaults and other crimes in the 
military.


                                S. 1535

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Rosen) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1535, a bill to designate as wilderness certain 
Federal portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and 
the Great Basin Deserts in the State of Utah for the benefit of present 
and future generations of people in the United States.


                                S. 1593

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, the names of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1593, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to the designation of general surgery shortage areas, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1641

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the names of the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1641, a bill to prohibit rescinding the 
recognition of Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.


                                S. 1642

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Iowa 
(Ms. Ernst), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the 
Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. 
Duckworth), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from 
Michigan (Mr. Peters) and the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1642, a bill to require the Secretary of 
State to submit a report on the status of women and girls in 
Afghanistan, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1687

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1687, a bill to 
amend section 21 of the Small Business Act to require cyber 
certification for small business development center counselors, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1691

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Tillis) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1691, a bill to 
require an annual report on the cybersecurity of the Small Business 
Administration, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1722

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1722, a bill to amend 
section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that 
efforts to engage in espionage or technology transfer are considered in 
visa issuance, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1728

  At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1728, a bill to create 
dedicated funds to conserve butterflies in North America, plants in the 
Pacific Islands, freshwater mussels in the United States, and desert 
fish in the Southwest United States, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1747

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1747, a bill to 
provide for an equitable management of summer flounder based on 
geographic, scientific, and economic data, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1751

  At the request of Mr. Hagerty, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1751, a bill to provide that funding for Gaza shall be 
made available instead for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense 
system.


                                S. 1786

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1786, a bill 
to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require 
disclosures to contributors regarding recurring contributions or 
donations.


                                S. 1791

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1791, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand existing tax credits to include 
non-passenger electric-powered vehicles, associated recharging and 
refueling infrastructure, and for other purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 10

  At the request of Mr. Kaine, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 10, a joint 
resolution to repeal the authorizations for use of military force 
against Iraq, and for other purposes.


                               S. RES. 67

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. 
Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 67, a resolution calling for 
the immediate release of Trevor Reed, a United States citizen who was 
unjustly found guilty and sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison.


                              S. RES. 119

  At the request of Mrs. Blackburn, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Rosen) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 119, a resolution 
establishing the Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program for 
the placement in offices of Senators of children, spouses, and siblings 
of members of the Armed Forces who are hostile casualties or who have 
died from a training-related injury.


                              S. RES. 230

  At the request of Mr. Scott of South Carolina, the name of the 
Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 230, a resolution congratulating the students, parents, teachers, 
and leaders of charter schools across the United States for making 
ongoing contributions to education, and supporting the ideals and goals 
of the 22nd annual National Charter Schools Week, to be held May 9 
through May 15, 2021.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1503

  At the request of Ms. Murkowski, the name of the Senator from Nevada 
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1503 
intended to be proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1507

  At the request of Ms. Ernst, the name of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1507 proposed to 
S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1561

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the names of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin) 
were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1561 intended to be proposed 
to S. 1260, a bill to establish a new Directorate for

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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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1596

  At the request of Mr. Cotton, the names of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mrs. Blackburn) and the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1596 intended to be proposed to S. 
1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1626

  At the request of Mr. Menendez, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Smith), the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from California 
(Mr. Padilla) and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1626 intended to be proposed to S. 1260, a 
bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1770

  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski) was withdrawn as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1770 
intended to be proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.
  At the request of Mr. Manchin, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1770 
intended to be proposed to S. 1260, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1798

  At the request of Ms. Warren, the name of the Senator from Louisiana 
(Mr. Cassidy) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1798 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1813

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1813 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1831

  At the request of Ms. Hassan, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1831 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1841

  At the request of Mrs. Hyde-Smith, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1841 
intended to be proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1877

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, the names of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Risch) and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1877 intended to be proposed to S. 1260, a 
bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1891

  At the request of Mr. Lee, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 1891 proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1894

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the name of the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Ms. Hassan) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1894 
intended to be proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1911

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Ms. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1911 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1925 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1926

  At the request of Mr. Risch, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1926 intended to 
be proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1936

  At the request of Mr. Sullivan, the names of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Nebraska (Mr. Sasse) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1936 intended to be proposed to S. 
1260, a bill to establish a new Directorate for Technology and 
Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish

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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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1940

  At the request of Mr. Rubio, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. 
Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1940 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1973

  At the request of Mr. Marshall, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mrs. Gillibrand) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1973 
intended to be proposed to S. 1260, a bill 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

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