[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8201]
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  SA 4651. Mrs. BLACKBURN 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 end of subtitle E of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3157. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR 
                   SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FACILITY PLANT-DIRECTED 
                   RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

       Section 4811(c) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
     2791(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Of the funds'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) National security laboratories.-- Of the funds''; and
       (2) adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Nuclear weapons production facilities.--Of the funds 
     provided by the Department of Energy to a nuclear weapons 
     production facility, the Secretary may authorize a specific 
     amount not to exceed 5 percent of such funds, to be used by 
     the director of the facility for plant-directed research and 
     development.''.
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