[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3026-S3027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 861. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, and Ms. Rosen) 
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:


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       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 may, through the use of a partnership intermediary, 
     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) Termination.--The program established under subsection 
     (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2029.
       (c) 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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