[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7685]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4224. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

     :   At the appropriate place in title II, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. STUDY ON RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
     a study on the research programs of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) Identification of all research programs of the 
     Department.
       (2) Identification of which programs identified under 
     paragraph (1) are duplicates of each other and which programs 
     are duplicates of programs of other Federal agencies.
       (3) For each program of the Department identified under 
     paragraph (2) that is a duplicate of another program of the 
     Department but is carried out by a different military 
     department or Defense Agency, identification of which 
     military department or Defense Agency is the most appropriate 
     entity to carry out the program.

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