[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 309. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 VII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. REQUIREMENT FOR PROCUREMENT OF DOMESTICALLY 
                   PRODUCED MOLYBDENUM 99.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), on 
     and after the date of the enactment of this Act, in procuring 
     molybdenum 99 or technetium-99m for use by the Defense Health 
     Agency, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 
     shall procure only--
       (1) domestically produced molybdenum 99; or
       (2) technetium-99m patient doses derived from domestically 
     produced molybdenum 99.
       (b) Exception.--The Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
     Health Affairs may procure for a particular geographic 
     location from sources that do not comply with the 
     requirements of subsection (a) if the supply of domestically 
     produced molybdenum 99 or technetium-99m patient doses 
     derived from domestically produced molybdenum 99 cannot 
     completely fulfill the needs in that location.
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