S.Amdt. 2809

SA 2809. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) 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:

Beginning on page 48, strike line 10 and all that follows
through page 49, line 6, and insert the following:
(1) A process for streamlined communications between the
Under Secretary, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the commanders of
the combatant commands, the science and technology executives
within each military department, the science and technology
community, and the manufacturing industrial base, including--
(A) a process for the commanders of the combatant commands
and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to communicate their needs to
the science and technology community and the manufacturing
industrial base; and
(B) a process for the science and technology community and
centers for manufacturing innovation to propose technologies
that meet the needs communicated by the combatant commands
and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(2) Procedures for the development of technologies proposed
pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), including--
(A) a process for demonstrating performance of the proposed
technologies on a short timeline;
(B) a process for accelerating, transitioning, and
integrating new manufacturing technologies and processes;
______