S.Amdt. 1035

SA 1035. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed)
to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018
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 B of title II, add the following:

SEC. 223. LIMITATION ON AWARD OF CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND
AGREEMENTS FOR BASIC RESEARCH.

(a) Limitation.--A department, agency, component, or other
element of the Department of Defense may not use funds for
the award of a contract or grant, or for entry into an
agreement, for basic research unless the head of such
department, agency, component, or element determines that
such basic research--
(1) will promote the progress of science; or
(2) will advance a national security interest of the United
States.
(b) Availability to Public.--Each determination made
pursuant to subsection (a), and the written justification for
such determination, shall be made available to the public on
an Internet website of the Department of Defense that is
available to the public.
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