S.Amdt. 2321

SA 2321. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema
(for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms.
Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the
bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway
safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title X of division D, add the following:

SEC. 410__. FUNDING LIMITATION.

(a) In General.--Funding made available by this title shall
only be made available for the application or deployment of
established technologies with documented performance and an
existing commercialization record in order to ensure the
timely and desired outcome and performance of the activities
funded by this title.
(b) Technology Readiness.--For purposes of determining
whether a technology meets the criteria described in
subsection (a), the technology readiness level of the
technology shall be greater than or equal to 8, as defined by
the Technology Readiness Assessment Guide of the Government
Accountability Office (report number GAO-16-410G, dated
August 2016).
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