S.Amdt. 4765

SA 4765. Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. King, 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 end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

SEC. 2__. COVERED PROJECTS UNDER TITLE XLI OF THE FAST ACT.

Section 41001 of the FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (6)(A)--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``key
technology focus areas impacting national security,'' after
``broadband,'';
(B) in clause (iii)(III), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(C) in clause (iv)(II), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(v)(I) is of substantial national importance and
complexity, as determined by the Executive Director; and
``(II)(aa) is subject to NEPA;
``(bb) requires the preparation of an environmental
document; or
``(cc) requires an authorization or environmental review
that involves 2 or more agencies.'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (15) through (18) as
paragraphs (16) through (19), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following:
``(15) Key technology focus area impacting national
security.--The term `key technology focus area impacting
national security' means an area involving--
``(A) semiconductors;
``(B) artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy,
and related advances;
``(C) high performance computing and advanced computer
hardware and software;
``(D) quantum information science and technology;
``(E) robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing;
``(F) natural and anthropogenic disaster prevention or
mitigation;
``(G) advanced communications technology and immersive
technology;
``(H) biotechnology, medical technology, genomics, and
synthetic biology;
``(I) data storage, data management, distributed ledger
technologies, and cybersecurity, including biometrics;
``(J) advanced energy and industrial efficiency
technologies, such as batteries and advanced nuclear
technologies, including but not limited to for the purposes
of electric generation (consistent with section 15 of the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1874));
and
``(K) advanced materials science, including composites and
2D materials.''.
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