S.Amdt. 3018

SA 3018. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Tester) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 C of title II, add the following:

SEC. 249. PROHIBITION ON RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT OF CELL
CULTURE AND OTHER NOVEL METHODS USED FOR THE
PRODUCTION OF CULTIVATED MEAT.

(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act may be used for the research or
development of cell culture or any other novel method used
for the production of cultivated meat for human consumption.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report assessing the
state of research in artificially-produced, cell cultured
cultivated meat.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall include the following elements:
(A) Articulation of the requirements, if any, from the
military services or combat support agencies for cultivated
meat for human consumption in the near-term (1-3 years) and
mid-term (4-5 years).
(B) Analysis of the state of maturity of the research in
the cultivated meat market, including the ability of current
research to satisfy any of the requirements articulated under
subparagraph (A), including an assessment of the research of
key allies and adversaries in cultivated meat production.
(C) Any other matters the Secretary determines to be
appropriate.
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