[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3397]
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  SA 6230. Mr. SHEEHY 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 C of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 235. USE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARIES TO PROMOTE 
                   DEFENSE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

       Section 4124(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by inserting ``or laboratory (as defined in section 
     12(d)(2) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 
     1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(d)(2))'' after ``Director of a 
     Center''; and
       (B) by inserting ``or laboratory'' after ``assistance from 
     a Center'';
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or laboratory'' 
     after ``Center''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``or laboratory, or 
     who can assist a Center or laboratory with technology 
     transition, either out of, or into, the Center or 
     laboratory'' after ``Center''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) A Federal laboratory may pay the Federal costs of 
     such contract or memorandum of understanding out of funds 
     available for the support of technology transfer and 
     transition functions, research and development, operations 
     and maintenance, or procurement.''.
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