S.Amdt. 6364

SA 6364. Mr. JOHNSON 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 end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 753. USE OF CERTAIN DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED MEDICAL ISOTOPES BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(a) Increased Use.--Beginning not later than September 30, 2023, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall take steps to increase the use of technetium 99m patient doses procured from domestically manufactured molybdenum 99 (including by developing a plan to increase the use of technetium 99m patient doses procured from domestically manufactured molybdenum 99) only if such increase does not result in a cost increase compared to the competitive market.

(b) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2023, and on an annual basis thereafter until September 30, 2028, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on the percentage of technetium 99m patient doses procured by each Secretary from domestically manufactured molybdenum 99 during the one-year period preceding the date of the report.