To express the sense of the Senate on the Transformational Medical Technology Initiative of the Department of Defense.

1. Adds SEC. 762. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE TRANSFORMATIONAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle D of title VII

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   (2) innovative technological approaches to achieve broad- spectrum medical countermeasures are a necessary component of the capacity of the Department to provide chemical-biological defense and force protection capabilities for the Armed Forces.

   Inserted: SEC. 762. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE TRANSFORMATIONAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:

   Inserted: (1) The most recent Quadrennial Defense Review and other studies have identified the need to develop broad-spectrum medical countermeasures against the threat of genetically engineered bioterror agents.

   Inserted: (2) The Transformational Medical Technology Initiative of the Department of Defense implements cutting edge transformational medical technologies and applies them to address the challenges of known, emerging, and bioengineered threats.

   Inserted: (3) The Transformational Medical Technology Initiative is designed to provide such technologies in a much shorter timeframe, and at lower cost, than is required with traditional approaches.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--

   Inserted: (1) the Transformational Medical Technology Initiative is an important effort to provide needed capability within the Department of Defense to field effective broad-spectrum countermeasures against a significant array of current and future biological threats; and

   Inserted: (2) innovative technological approaches to achieve broad-spectrum medical countermeasures are a necessary component of the capacity of the Department to provide chemical-biological defense and force protection capabilities for the Armed Forces.

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   At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following:

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