[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5294]
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  SA 3018. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Tester) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 249. PROHIBITION ON RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT OF CELL 
                   CULTURE AND OTHER NOVEL METHODS USED FOR THE 
                   PRODUCTION OF CULTIVATED MEAT.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act may be used for the research or 
     development of cell culture or any other novel method used 
     for the production of cultivated meat for human consumption.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
     the congressional defense committees a report assessing the 
     state of research in artificially-produced, cell cultured 
     cultivated meat.
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (A) Articulation of the requirements, if any, from the 
     military services or combat support agencies for cultivated 
     meat for human consumption in the near-term (1-3 years) and 
     mid-term (4-5 years).
       (B) Analysis of the state of maturity of the research in 
     the cultivated meat market, including the ability of current 
     research to satisfy any of the requirements articulated under 
     subparagraph (A), including an assessment of the research of 
     key allies and adversaries in cultivated meat production.
       (C) Any other matters the Secretary determines to be 
     appropriate.
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