S.Amdt. 2924

SA 2924. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. INCREASING BARDA STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.

Section 319L(c)(4)(F) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 247d-7e(c)(4)(F)) is amended--
(1) in the second sentence, in the matter preceding clause
(i), by inserting ``, manufacturing technologies,
platforms,'' after ``countermeasures''; and
(2) by inserting after the first sentence the following:
``Such strategic coordination may include collaborating with
the network of Manufacturing USA institutes established under
section 34 of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act in biomanufacturing missions to develop,
demonstrate, and deploy technologies and response
capabilities to improve public health and medical
preparedness.''.
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