[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S8789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4027. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3951 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. FUNDING FOR HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION 
                   PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) Prohibition.--None of the amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act for 
     fiscal year 2026 may be used to freeze, delay, or cancel 
     funding for programs or activities of the Hollings 
     Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
       (b) Award and Disbursement of Balances.--The Secretary of 
     Commerce shall ensure that, of the amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this division for the Hollings 
     Manufacturing Extension Partnership for fiscal year 2026, all 
     of the amounts for financial assistance to be provided under 
     section 25(e) of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(e)) in fiscal year 2026 are 
     disbursed before the date that is 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
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