S.Amdt. 1540

SA 1540. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer 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:

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(5) include an evaluation of and recommendations for
modification, consolidation, or repeal of regulations with
the aim of complying with domestic content procurement
preferences and improving competitiveness; and
(6) include an assessment of the impacts of Federal
permitting processes on the operation of any applicable
domestic content procurement preference.
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