[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5024]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5622. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. ___. STUDY ON RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
     a study on the research programs of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) Identification of all research programs of the 
     Department.
       (2) Identification of which programs identified under 
     paragraph (1) are duplicates of each other and which programs 
     are duplicates of programs of other Federal agencies.
       (3) For each program of the Department identified under 
     paragraph (2) that is a duplicate of another program of the 
     Department but is carried out by a different military 
     department or Defense Agency, identification of which 
     military department or Defense Agency is the most appropriate 
     entity to carry out the program.
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