S.Amdt. 1543

SA 1543. Mr. LUJAN (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Manchin)
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:

In section 2116, between subsections (e) and (f), insert
the following:
(f) Amounts for Next Generation Radar and Radio Astronomy
Improvements and Related Activities.--
(1) In general.--From the amounts authorized to be
appropriated to the Foundation for a fiscal year under this
section, $176,000,000 shall be made available for the design,
development, prototyping, or mid-scale upgrades of next
generation radar and radio astronomy improvements and related
activities under section 14 of the National Science
Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n-4).
(2) Supplement and not supplant.--The amounts made
available under this subsection shall supplement, and not
supplant, any other amounts appropriated to the Foundation.
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