[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8366]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4759. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) 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. ___. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND PLAN TO IMPROVE, HYPERSONICS 
                   FACILITIES AND CAPABILITIES FOR CONDUCTING TEST 
                   AND EVALUATION OF HYPERSONICS TECHNOLOGIES.

       (a) Identification Required.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall--
       (1) identify each facility and capability of the Major 
     Range and Test Facility Base and facilities and capabilities 
     of all Federal test facilities, including test facilities of 
     the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and 
     private sector organizations that--
       (A) are capable of conducting test and evaluation of 
     hypersonics technologies; or
       (B) provide other test and evaluation capabilities to 
     support the development of hypersonics technologies; and
       (2) not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, provide to the congressional defense committees 
     a briefing on a plan and schedule to improve the capabilities 
     described in paragraph (1), including a description of 
     proposed organizational changes, investments, policy changes, 
     and other activities.
       (b) Major Range and Test Facility Base Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``Major Range and Test Facility Base'' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 196(i) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
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