S.Amdt. 1832

SA 1832. Ms. HASSAN 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:

At the end of title III of division F, add the following:

SEC. 6302. INVESTIGATIONS BY NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS COORDINATION CENTER OF PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, MEDICINE, AND OTHER
PUBLIC HEALTH MATTERS.

Section 305 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement
Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4344) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ``sources of
merchandise'' the following: ``(including personal protective
equipment, medicine, and other public health goods,
treatments, and supplies)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated for the National Intellectual
Property Rights Coordination Center $20,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2022 through 2027 for the salaries and expenses
of permanent full-time employees dedicated to supporting
investigations under subsection (b).''.

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