S.Amdt. 310

SA 310. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 B of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 718. PRESERVATION OF RESOURCES OF THE ARMY MEDICAL
RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND AND TREATMENT OF
REALIGNMENT OF SUCH COMMAND.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall preserve
the resources of the Army Medical Research and Materiel
Command for use by such command, which shall include manpower
and funding, as such command realigns with the Army Futures
Command in 2019 and the Defense Health Agency in 2020.
(b) Transfer of Funds.--Upon completion of the realignment
described in subsection (a), all amounts available for the
Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, at the baseline
for such amounts for fiscal year 2019, shall be transferred
from accounts for research, development, test, and evaluation
for the Army to accounts for the Defense Health Program.
(c) Continuation as Center of Excellence.--After completion
of the realignment described in subsection (a), the Army
Medical Research and Materiel Command and Fort Detrick shall
continue to serve as a Center of Excellence for Joint
Biomedical Research, Development and Acquisition Management
for efforts undertaken under the Defense Health Program.
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