[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5665-S5666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6118. Mr. TUBERVILLE 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. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INVESTING IN HYPERSONIC 
                   TECHNOLOGIES.

       It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
     should--
       (1) prioritize investments in hypersonic-related 
     technologies and leverage industry to develop solutions to 
     the communications continuity challenges facing advancements 
     of hypersonic technology by the United States;
       (2) enable and facilitate collaborations with industry and 
     academia to develop emerging technologies that enable United 
     States hypersonic vehicles to communicate through the 
     turbulent hypersonic blackout window; and
       (3) continue to underscore the importance of providing a 
     range of capabilities to combatant commands, including United 
     States

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     Indo-Pacific Command, given the pacing challenge of near-peer 
     competitors of the United States.
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