S.Amdt. 1522

SA 1522. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In title III of division F, insert the following:

SEC. 63___. USE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), other than amounts appropriated under a provision exempted under subsection (b), that are unobligated on the date of enactment of this Act shall be made available for purposes of carrying out this Act, including the amendments made by this Act.

(b) Exemptions.--No amounts made available under subtitle D, E, F, G, or H of title II, subtitle C of title III, or title V of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2) may be used for purposes of carrying out this Act, or any amendments made by this Act, pursuant to subsection (a).