S.Amdt. 486

SA 486. 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 __ of title __, add the following:

SEC. ___. PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS BY
DEPARTMENT OF NAVY.

(a) Plan Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall develop
a long-term science and technology plan for the development
of energetic materials, both explosives and propellants.
(b) Report.--Not later than March 2, 2018, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a report on the plan required by
subsection (a).
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