[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4469]
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  SA 2924. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. INCREASING BARDA STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

       Section 319L(c)(4)(F) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 247d-7e(c)(4)(F)) is amended--
       (1) in the second sentence, in the matter preceding clause 
     (i), by inserting ``, manufacturing technologies, 
     platforms,'' after ``countermeasures''; and
       (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: 
     ``Such strategic coordination may include collaborating with 
     the network of Manufacturing USA institutes established under 
     section 34 of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology Act in biomanufacturing missions to develop, 
     demonstrate, and deploy technologies and response 
     capabilities to improve public health and medical 
     preparedness.''.
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