[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 123 (Monday, July 25, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S3647]
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  SA 5172. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4346, making appropriations for Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. AUDIT FOR DUPLICATE ACTIVITIES.

       The Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Commerce, the 
     Director of the National Institute of Standards of 
     Technology, and the Director of the National Science 
     Foundation shall each, before implementing any provision of 
     this division, conduct an audit of the activities of the 
     Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the 
     National Science Foundation, respectively, to ensure that 
     there is no duplication of activities under this division 
     with the activities of such entities in effect on the day 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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