S.Amdt. 2566

SA 2566. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 C of title II, add the following:

SEC. __. NATIONAL SECURITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY.

(a) Strategy.--Not later than February 4, 2019, the
Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a strategy
(to be known as the ``National Security Science and
Technology Strategy'') to prioritize the science and
technology efforts and investments of the Department of
Defense.
(b) Elements.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall--
(1) include specific goals for the science and technology
programs of the Department of Defense in which personnel and
resources of the Department are invested;
(2) be aligned with the National Defense Strategy and
governmentwide strategic science and technology priorities,
including the defense budget priorities of the Office of
Science and Technology Policy of the President;
(3) align the acquisition priorities, programs, and
timelines of the Department with the acquisition priorities,
programs, and timelines of defense enterprise laboratories
and services;
(4) contain an assessment of high-priority emerging
technology programs of the Department, including programs
relating to hypersonics, directed energy, synthetic biology,
and artificial intelligence;
(5) identify high-priority research and engineering
requirements and gaps;
(6) include recommendations for changes in authorities,
regulations, policies, or any other relevant areas, that
would support the achievement of the goals set forth in the
strategy; and
(7) contain such other information as the Secretary of
Defense determines to be appropriate.
(c) Annual Submission.--
(1) In general.--Not later than February 4, 2019, and
annually thereafter through December 31, 2021, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees the most recent version of the strategy developed
under subsection (a).
(2) Form of submission.--Each strategy submitted under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but
may include a classified annex.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than 14 days after the date on
which the initial strategy under

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subsection (a) is completed, the Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering shall provide to the Committee
on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives a briefing on the
implementation of the strategy.
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