S.Amdt. 4651

SA 4651. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 3157. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR
SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FACILITY PLANT-DIRECTED
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

Section 4811(c) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C.
2791(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Of the funds'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) National security laboratories.-- Of the funds''; and
(2) adding at the end the following:
``(2) Nuclear weapons production facilities.--Of the funds
provided by the Department of Energy to a nuclear weapons
production facility, the Secretary may authorize a specific
amount not to exceed 5 percent of such funds, to be used by
the director of the facility for plant-directed research and
development.''.
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