[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2792]
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  SA 683. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) 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 subtitle C of title II, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION PROGRAM FOR 
                   STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DETERRENCE.

       (a) In General.--The Commander of Air Force Global Strike 
     Command shall, through the use of a partnership intermediary, 
     use any funds appropriated pursuant to the materials 
     submitted under subsection (b), or otherwise made available 
     to the Air Force, to establish a program--
       (1) to carry out technology transition, digital engineering 
     projects, and other innovation activities supporting the Air 
     Force nuclear enterprise; and
       (2) to discover capabilities that have the potential to 
     generate life-cycle cost savings and provide data-driven 
     approaches to resource allocation.
       (b) Inclusion of Program Element in Future Budget 
     Materials.--In the materials submitted to by the Secretary of 
     the Air Force in support of the budget of the President 
     submitted for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
     Code, the Secretary shall include a program element dedicated 
     to the program described in subsection (a).
       (c) Termination.--The program established under subsection 
     (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2029.
       (d) Partnership Intermediary Defined.--The term 
     ``partnership intermediary'' has the meaning given the term 
     in section 23(c) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 
     Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3715(c)).
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