S.Amdt. 4759

SA 4759. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) 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 appropriate place in title II , insert the
following:

SEC. ___. IDENTIFICATION OF, AND PLAN TO IMPROVE, HYPERSONICS
FACILITIES AND CAPABILITIES FOR CONDUCTING TEST
AND EVALUATION OF HYPERSONICS TECHNOLOGIES.

(a) Identification Required.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall--
(1) identify each facility and capability of the Major
Range and Test Facility Base and facilities and capabilities
of all Federal test facilities, including test facilities of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and
private sector organizations that--
(A) are capable of conducting test and evaluation of
hypersonics technologies; or
(B) provide other test and evaluation capabilities to
support the development of hypersonics technologies; and
(2) not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, provide to the congressional defense committees
a briefing on a plan and schedule to improve the capabilities
described in paragraph (1), including a description of
proposed organizational changes, investments, policy changes,
and other activities.
(b) Major Range and Test Facility Base Defined.--In this
section, the term ``Major Range and Test Facility Base'' has
the meaning given that term in section 196(i) of title 10,
United States Code.
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