S.Amdt. 2585

SA 2585. Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Padilla) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 XII, add the following:

SEC. 1272. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON DEFENSE
BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary
of Commerce, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report detailing any ongoing work with
international partners and treaty allies to advance research
and development on biotechnology, especially for applications
relevant to national defense.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A description of the international security
partnerships that, as of the date on which the report is
submitted, do, or could, include biotechnology research and
development for defense, including--
(A) the Five Eyes intelligence alliance;
(B) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); or
(C) any defense cooperation agreement entered into--
(i) with a major non-NATO ally designated under section 517
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k); or
(ii) under section 2350a of title 10, United States Code,
or the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003
(Public Law 107-228).
(2) A description of any challenges to collaborative
biotechnology research and development, including any
challenges that may prevent the partnerships described in
paragraph (1) from being leveraged to the fullest extent
possible.
(3) A description of any limitations on co-investments
within those partnerships.
(4) An assessment of whether any United States export
controls or other technology protections, including the
International

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Traffic in Arms Regulations, are hindering information
sharing and cooperation on defense biotechnology research and
development.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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