S.Amdt. 1738

SA 1738. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. RESEARCH AND STUDIES RELATING TO SMART BASE
TECHNOLOGY.

(a) Authority to Establish Hub.--The Secretary of Defense
may establish a hub to serve as a repository and point of
consolidation for research and studies on smart base
technology, including matters relating to progress and best
practices.
(b) Assess and Consolidate Projects.--In consultation with
each of the secretary of a military department, the Secretary
of Defense shall assess and consolidate ongoing and planned
projects relating to smart base technology.
(c) Advancement of Other Priorities.--The Secretary of
Defense shall work with such heads of appropriate offices in
the Department to assess if any smart base technology would
advance other Department priorities.
(d) Establishing Lines of Communication.--The Secretary,
acting through the hub established under subsection (a) if so
established, shall establish contact with the commander of
each installation of each of the military departments to
establish lines of communication to both disseminate and
collect best practices and lessons learned from other
projects relating to smart base technology.
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