S.Amdt. 2032

SA 2032. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her 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 end of subtitle E of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 3145. NUCLEAR FILTRATION TESTING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Subtitle A of title XLIV of the Atomic
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2581 et seq.), as amended by
section 3141, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

``SEC. 4411. NUCLEAR FILTRATION TESTING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.

``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall--
``(1) designate, as a federally funded research and
development center, a research center at an institution of
higher education not designated as a federally funded
research and development center or a university-affiliated
research center as of the date of the enactment of this
section; and
``(2) enter into a formal arrangement with that research
center to carry out a partnership program to research,
develop, and demonstrate new advancements with respect to
nuclear containment ventilation systems.
``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
``(2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) shall
remain available until expended.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the
Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 4410, as added by section 3141, the
following new item:

``Sec. 4411. Nuclear filtration testing and research program.''.
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