[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8124-S8125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4610. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to

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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. ___. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CONSIDERATION OF POWERED 
                   EXOSKELETONS AND HUMAN CONTROLLED ROBOTS FOR 
                   HEAVY LIFT SUSTAINMENT TASKS.

       Whenever the Secretary of Defense evaluates the research 
     and development of emerging war-fighting technologies, the 
     Secretary shall consider the use of full-body, autonomously 
     powered exoskeletons and semi-autonomous or tele-operated 
     single or dual-armed, human controlled robots used for heavy 
     lift sustainment tasks.
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