[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5206]
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  SA 2929. Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. Young) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PLAN FOR LEVERAGING HYPERSONIC TEST FACILITIES OF 
                   ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for 
     leveraging the hypersonic test facilities of academic 
     institutions to lower the cost burden of hypersonic testing 
     on industry and accelerate innovation, development, and 
     deployment of new systems, while addressing critical national 
     security needs.
       (b) Contents.--The plan submitted pursuant to subsection 
     (a) shall include the following:
       (1) An inventory of current hypersonics test 
     infrastructure.
       (2) An inventory and the status of relevant hypersonics 
     test infrastructure planned or under construction.
       (3) An assessment of relevant hypersonics test 
     infrastructure at academic institutions.
       (4) A proposal for standardizing accessibility, cost 
     structures, and use requirements for hypersonic facilities at 
     academic institutions to match those of facilities located at 
     Department of Defense laboratories and Department-supported 
     industry test facilities.
       (5) A timeline for implementation of this standardization.
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