S.Amdt. 482

SA 482. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1088. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CLOSE BIOSAFETY
LEVEL 4 LABORATORIES.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated under this
Act or any other Act may be used to support the closure or
transfer of any biosafety level 4 laboratory of the
Department of Homeland Security or other facility of the
Department of Homeland Security that monitors chemical or
biological threats.
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