S.Amdt. 2278

SA 2278. Mr. LEE 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. ___. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE BRIEFING ON POWERED
EXOSKELETONS AND HUMAN CONTROLLED ROBOTS FOR
HEAVY LIFT SUSTAINMENT TASKS.

Not later than March 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense
shall provide to Congress a briefing on the research and
development efforts of the Department of Defense for the use
of full-body, autonomously powered exoskeletons and semi-
autonomous or tele-operated single or dual-armed, human
controlled robots used for heavy lift sustainment tasks.
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