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  1. Adds SEC. 234. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE A CENTER WITHIN THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION at the end of subtitle D of title II

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    (2) by inserting ", or such other portion of such cost as the Secretary considers appropriate upon showing of good cause" after "such activities".

    Inserted: SEC. 234. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE A CENTER WITHIN THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.

    Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

    Inserted: (1) The National Center for Advanced Materials Performance was established in 2005.

    Inserted: (2) Since it was established, the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance has accelerated advancements in processing and fabrication technologies for the purpose of refining and enhancing the composite material property shared database process in partnership with the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Composite Materials Handbook-17 (CMH-17).

    Inserted: (3) Through the joint collaboration of the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Federal Aviation Administration, National Center for Advanced Materials Performance reduces the time required for certification of new composite materials by a factor of four and the cost of certification by a factor of ten.

    Inserted: (4) The processes and procedures of National Center for Advanced Materials Performance to integrate matured materials ultimately benefit the Department of Defense and reduces Federal spending.

    Inserted: (5) According to the Air Force Research Laboratory, databases of the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance eliminate redundant materials qualification and increase material trade study efficiencies; two immeasurable benefits in times of fiscal austerity.

    Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should consider the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance a center within the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation to complement the framework of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, improve national security, and reduce Federal spending.

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

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SA 3909. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 D of title II, add the following:

SEC. 234. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS PERFORMANCE A CENTER WITHIN THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR MANUFACTURING INNOVATION.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

(1) The National Center for Advanced Materials Performance was established in 2005.

(2) Since it was established, the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance has accelerated advancements in processing and fabrication technologies for the purpose of refining and enhancing the composite material property shared database process in partnership with the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Composite Materials Handbook-17 (CMH-17).

(3) Through the joint collaboration of the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Federal Aviation Administration, National Center for Advanced Materials Performance reduces the time required for certification of new composite materials by a factor of four and the cost of certification by a factor of ten.

(4) The processes and procedures of National Center for Advanced Materials Performance to integrate matured materials ultimately benefit the Department of Defense and reduces Federal spending.

(5) According to the Air Force Research Laboratory, databases of the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance eliminate redundant materials qualification and increase material trade study efficiencies; two immeasurable benefits in times of fiscal austerity.

(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should consider the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance a center within the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation to complement the framework of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, improve national security, and reduce Federal spending.

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September 18, 2014