[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5896]
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  SA 6364. Mr. JOHNSON 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 753. USE OF CERTAIN DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED MEDICAL 
                   ISOTOPES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) Increased Use.--Beginning not later than September 30, 
     2023, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall take steps to increase the use of technetium 
     99m patient doses procured from domestically manufactured 
     molybdenum 99 (including by developing a plan to increase the 
     use of technetium 99m patient doses procured from 
     domestically manufactured molybdenum 99) only if such 
     increase does not result in a cost increase compared to the 
     competitive market.
       (b) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2023, and on an 
     annual basis thereafter until September 30, 2028, the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall jointly submit to the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives a report on the percentage of technetium 
     99m patient doses procured by each Secretary from 
     domestically manufactured molybdenum 99 during the one-year 
     period preceding the date of the report.
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