S.Amdt. 4183

SA 4183. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING IN PUBLICATION
OF REPORTS ON STUDIES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.

(a) Acknowledgment.--Each report on a covered study that is
submitted, issued, published, presented at a conference or
meeting, or otherwise made available to the public shall
clearly disclose, in the acknowledgment section of such
report, the following:
(1) The department, agency, element, or component of the
Department of Defense that provided funding for the covered
study.
(2) The project or award number of the covered study.
(3) An estimate of the total cost of the covered study.
(b) Covered Study Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered study'' means any study that is carried out in
whole or in part with Federal funds, regardless of by whom
carried out.
(1) To include a price tag estimating the cost to taxpayers
on studies funded by the Department of Defense.
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