[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6027. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1049A. ASSESSMENT OF NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 
                   MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than March 31, 2027, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees an assessment of the establishment of a 
     governance structure for coordinating the development of 
     national security-related medical countermeasures, similar to 
     the Operation Warp Speed Program, for nuclear, chemical and 
     biological medical countermeasures.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     should include--
       (1) recommendations to strengthen and improve the current 
     medical countermeasure capabilities, authorities, and command 
     structures of the Department of Defense;
       (2) recommendations to improve and formalize interagency 
     coordination, support mechanisms, and supply chains necessary 
     for a robust national security medical countermeasure 
     enterprise; and
       (3) any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines 
     necessary.
                                 ______