[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 327. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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. 7__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 
                   AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDED BY DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct a study on the management by the Department of 
     Defense of biomedical research and development funded by the 
     Department, including a review of--
       (1) patents for drugs approved by the Food and Drug 
     Administration that were supported with intramural or 
     extramural funding from the Department;
       (2) requirements of the Department for how grant 
     recipients, contractors, and labs of the Department should 
     disclose support by the Department in patents generated with 
     funding from the Department; and
       (3) the data systems of the Department for cataloging 
     information about patents generated with funding from the 
     Department.
       (b) Briefing.--Not later than March 31, 2024, the 
     Comptroller General shall brief the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on 
     the study conducted under subsection (a).
       (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives a report on the study conducted 
     under subsection (a).
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