[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5737]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2321. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema 
(for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. 
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the 
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of title X of division D, add the following:

     SEC. 410__. FUNDING LIMITATION.

       (a) In General.--Funding made available by this title shall 
     only be made available for the application or deployment of 
     established technologies with documented performance and an 
     existing commercialization record in order to ensure the 
     timely and desired outcome and performance of the activities 
     funded by this title.
       (b) Technology Readiness.--For purposes of determining 
     whether a technology meets the criteria described in 
     subsection (a), the technology readiness level of the 
     technology shall be greater than or equal to 8, as defined by 
     the Technology Readiness Assessment Guide of the Government 
     Accountability Office (report number GAO-16-410G, dated 
     August 2016).
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