S.Amdt. 2087

SA 2087. Ms. ERNST 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 appropriate place in division B, insert the
following:

SEC. ____. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEFENSE
ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY TO CONDUCT
RESEARCH ON KEY TECHNOLOGY FOCUS AREAS.

(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated
for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct
research in key technology focus areas amounts as follows:
(1) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.
(2) $1,200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through
2026.
(b) Supplement, Not Supplant.--The amounts authorized to be
appropriated by subsection (a) shall supplement and not
supplant amounts appropriated for the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency before the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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