S.Amdt. 3330

SA 3330. Mr. SCHIFF 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. 2__. CODIFICATION OF DEFENSE MATERIAL PRIORITY AREAS FOR
THE DISTRIBUTED BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING
PROGRAM.

(a) Amendment.--Paragraph (1) of section 215(c) of the
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 4841 note) is
amended to read as follows:
``(1) research on the use of bioindustrial manufacturing to
create materials such as--
``(A) polymers;
``(B) coatings;
``(C) resins;
``(D) commodity chemicals;
``(E) food and food ingredients, including nutritionally
complete proteins produced through bioindustrial
manufacturing;
``(F) fuel and energy feedstocks;
``(G) fitness related biomaterials, including performance
nutrition and resilience products;
``(H) fabrication materials such as high performance
fibers, polymers, and resins;
``(I) firepower materials, including precursors for
energetics and munitions;
``(J) pharmaceutical biologics and associated precursor
materials; and
``(K) other materials with fragile supply chains;''.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in paragraph (1) of such
section, as amended by subsection (a), shall be construed to
limit the authority of the Secretary of Defense to support
additional bioindustrial manufacturing activities under
section 215 of such Act or as otherwise authorized by any
other provision of law.
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