S.Amdt. 363

SA 363. Mr. YOUNG 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 II, add the following:

SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES FOR THE JOINT
HYPERSONICS TRANSITION OFFICE.

Section 218 of the John Warner National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364;
10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection (b), and
shall'' and inserting ``subsection (c), and shall'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as
subsections (c) through (f), respectively;
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
subsection (b):
``(b) Head of the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2020, the Secretary shall designate a senior
official in the Department who shall be the head of the
Office.
``(2) Reporting.--The head of the Office shall report to
the Assistant Director for

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Hypersonics within the Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering.'';
(4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2), by
inserting ``head of the'' before ``Office'';
(5) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (2)--
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by inserting ``head
of the'' before ``Office'';
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``, academic,'' after
``private sector''; and
(C) in paragraph (5)--
(i) by striking ``under subsection (e)'' and inserting
``under subsection (f)''; and
(ii) by striking ``under subsection (d)'' and inserting
``under subsection (e)'';
(6) by redesignating subsection (e) through (f), as
redesignated by paragraph (2), as subsections (f) through
(g), respectively;
(7) by inserting after subsection (d), as redesignated by
paragraph (2), the following new subsection (e):
``(e) Consortium of Universities.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (d)(3)(B),
the head of the Office shall designate a consortium of
universities to lead foundational hypersonic research in
research areas the head considers appropriate for the
Department.
``(2) Collaboration.--The head of the Office shall
encourage the consortium designated under paragraph (1) to
collaborate across the Federal Government, the private
sector, and academia.'';
(8) in subsection (f), as redesignated by paragraph (6)--
(A) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (C)--

(I) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
semicolon;
(II) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(III) by adding at the end the following new clause:

``(iii) the activities and resources of the consortium
designated under subsection (e) that will be leveraged by the
Department to meet such goals.''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``and
infrastructure'' after ``facilities'' each place it appears;
and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Submittal to congress.--
``(A) Initial submittal.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2020, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees the roadmap developed under
paragraph (1).
``(B) Revisions.--Each year, concurrent with the submittal
to Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal year
2021 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code,
the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees the most recent revision to the roadmap developed
under paragraph (1).'';
(9) in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (6)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by inserting
``head of the'' before ``Office'';
(ii) in subparagraph (A)--

(I) by inserting ``Departmentwide'' before ``research'';
(II) by striking ``within the Department of Defense''; and
(III) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;

(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(iv) by striking ``a review of--'' and all that follows
through ``(A) the funding'' and inserting ``a review of the
funding'';
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by inserting ``head of the'' before ``Office''; and
(ii) by striking ``under subsection (d)'' and inserting
``under subsection (f)''; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fiscal year 2016'' and
inserting ``fiscal year 2024''; and
(10) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) Funding.--The Secretary may make available such funds
to the Office for basic research, applied research, advanced
technology development, prototyping, studies and analyses,
and organizational support as the Secretary considers
appropriate to support the efficient and effective
development of hypersonics technologies and transition of
those systems and technologies into acquisition programs or
operational use.''.
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