To require a report on investments of the Armed Forces in research on energetics.

SA 3750. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A,
insert the following:
Sec. ___.  Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, acting
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering, submit to the congressional defense committees a
report on current investments of the Armed Forces in research
on energetics. The report shall include the following:
(1) A comparison between current investments of the Navy in
research on energetics and current investments of the other
military departments in such research.
(2) Recommendations for the most appropriate investments by
the Armed Forces in research on energetics in the future, and
a strategic roadmap for such investments.
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