S.Amdt. 2929

SA 2929. Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Mr. Young) 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. PLAN FOR LEVERAGING HYPERSONIC TEST FACILITIES OF
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for
leveraging the hypersonic test facilities of academic
institutions to lower the cost burden of hypersonic testing
on industry and accelerate innovation, development, and
deployment of new systems, while addressing critical national
security needs.
(b) Contents.--The plan submitted pursuant to subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) An inventory of current hypersonics test
infrastructure.
(2) An inventory and the status of relevant hypersonics
test infrastructure planned or under construction.
(3) An assessment of relevant hypersonics test
infrastructure at academic institutions.
(4) A proposal for standardizing accessibility, cost
structures, and use requirements for hypersonic facilities at
academic institutions to match those of facilities located at
Department of Defense laboratories and Department-supported
industry test facilities.
(5) A timeline for implementation of this standardization.
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