[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S8792]
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  SA 4051. 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 title IV of division C, insert 
     the following:


 prohibition of closure of federal research and development facilities

       Sec. 4___. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     none of the funds made available under any division of this 
     Act or any other appropriations Acts, including prior year 
     Acts, shall be used to close or consolidate the resources or 
     locations of any existing research and development facility, 
     including a laboratory or experimental forest, funded under 
     this Act and operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Bureau of 
     Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Environmental 
     Protection Agency, or the Forest Service, or to relocate 
     employees assigned to those facilities, unless identified in 
     the applicable budget justification and provided for in this 
     Act.
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