S.Amdt. 4791

SA 4791. Mr. COATS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski)
to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

On page 80, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
Sec. 301.  Funds appropriated or made available under the
heading ``National Science Foundation'' under the heading
``SCIENCE'' under this title to award research grants may be
made available to increase the transparency, to the maximum
extent practicable, of any grant application submitted by a
recipient of such grant, provided that doing so does not
compromise intellectual property, competitive advantage, or
the privacy of such recipients or other individuals
associated with the grant.
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