S.Amdt. 5712

SA 5712. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. ___. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNFUNDED PRIORITIES OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING.

(a) Annual Report.--Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the congressional defense committees a report on the unfunded priorities of the Department of Defense-wide research, development, test, and evaluation activities.

(b) Contents.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall specify, for each unfunded priority covered by such report, the following:

(1) A summary description of such priority, including the objectives to be achieved if such priority is funded (whether in whole or in part).

(2) The additional amount of funds recommended in connection with the objectives under paragraph (1).

(3) Account information with respect to such priority, including the following (as applicable):

(A) Line Item Number (LIN) for applicable procurement accounts.

(B) Program Element (PE) number for applicable research, development, test, and evaluation accounts.

(C) Sub-activity group (SAG) for applicable operation and maintenance accounts.