S.Amdt. 457

SA 457. 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 C of title II, add the following:

SEC. ___. ENERGETICS PLAN.

(a) Plan Required.--The Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering shall, in coordination with the
technical directors at defense laboratories and such other
officials as the Under Secretary considers appropriate,
develop an energetics research and development plan to ensure
a long-term multi-domain research, development, prototyping,
and experimentation effort that--
(1) maintains United States technological superiority in
energetics technology critical to national security;
(2) efficiently develops new energetics technologies and
transitions them into operational use, as appropriate; and
(3) maintains a robust industrial base and workforce to
support Department of Defense requirements for energetic
materials.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall brief
the congressional defense committees on the plan developed
under subsection (a).
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