[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3546. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 724. PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST STANDALONE TECHNOLOGY TO 
                   IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES IN SUPPLY-CHAIN 
                   MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL READINESS, AND MEDICAL 
                   PROCESSES.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 
     acting through the Director of the Defense Health Agency, 
     shall carry out a pilot program to test and evaluate existing 
     standalone technologies to assess whether such technologies 
     accomplish the following:
       (1) Improving efficiencies in medical supply-chain 
     management and in military medical readiness.
       (2) Streamlining medical processes.
       (3) Improving recordation accuracy.
       (4) Reducing rates of needlestick injury.
       (5) Enhancing retention rates of health care providers of 
     the Department of Defense.
       (b) Duration.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot 
     program under subsection (a) for a five-year period.
                                 ______