[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 125 (Thursday, July 30, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S4397]
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  SA 6725. Mr. HUSTED 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. __. BRIEFING AND SUMMARY ADDRESSING HIGH-PRESSURE, HIGH-
                   TEMPERATURE SYNTHETIC DIAMOND AND CUBIC BORON 
                   NITRIDE.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall 
     provide a briefing and written summary to the congressional 
     defense committees addressing--
       (1) whether high-pressure, high-temperature synthetic 
     diamond and cubic boron nitride should be--
       (A) designated as strategic and critical materials for 
     stockpile purposes; and
       (B) addressed in the next biennial stockpile requirements 
     report of the Department of Defense submitted to Congress; 
     and
       (2) the extent and sufficiency of existing domestic 
     production capability, including surge and reactivation 
     potential, relative to identified shortfalls.
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