[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4765. Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. King, 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 end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 2__. COVERED PROJECTS UNDER TITLE XLI OF THE FAST ACT.

       Section 41001 of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (6)(A)--
       (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``key 
     technology focus areas impacting national security,'' after 
     ``broadband,'';
       (B) in clause (iii)(III), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (C) in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(v)(I) is of substantial national importance and 
     complexity, as determined by the Executive Director; and
       ``(II)(aa) is subject to NEPA;
       ``(bb) requires the preparation of an environmental 
     document; or
       ``(cc) requires an authorization or environmental review 
     that involves 2 or more agencies.'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through (18) as 
     paragraphs (16) through (19), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following:
       ``(15) Key technology focus area impacting national 
     security.--The term `key technology focus area impacting 
     national security' means an area involving--
       ``(A) semiconductors;
       ``(B) artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy, 
     and related advances;
       ``(C) high performance computing and advanced computer 
     hardware and software;
       ``(D) quantum information science and technology;
       ``(E) robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing;
       ``(F) natural and anthropogenic disaster prevention or 
     mitigation;
       ``(G) advanced communications technology and immersive 
     technology;
       ``(H) biotechnology, medical technology, genomics, and 
     synthetic biology;
       ``(I) data storage, data management, distributed ledger 
     technologies, and cybersecurity, including biometrics;
       ``(J) advanced energy and industrial efficiency 
     technologies, such as batteries and advanced nuclear 
     technologies, including but not limited to for the purposes 
     of electric generation (consistent with section 15 of the 
     National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1874)); 
     and
       ``(K) advanced materials science, including composites and 
     2D materials.''.
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