[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5661. Mr. KENNEDY 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1276. MODIFICATION OF INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PROTECTION 
                   OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS FROM 
                   UNDUE INFLUENCE AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS.

       (a) In General.--Clause (iii) of section 1286(c)(8)(A) of 
     the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended--
       (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' at the end; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subclause:

       ``(III) to provide documented support to a defense or 
     intelligence agency of the applicable country; or''.

       (b) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
     fiscal year 2023 or any subsequent fiscal year for the 
     Department of Defense for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation may be provided to an entity that maintains a 
     contract between the entity and an academic institution of 
     the People's Republic of China or the Russian Federation 
     identified on the list developed section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the 
     John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 4001 note) by reason of being described 
     in clause (ii) or (iii) of such section.
       (2) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive paragraph 
     (1) with respect to an entity if the Secretary determines 
     that such a waiver is appropriate.
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