S.Amdt. 3457

SA 3457. Mr. HUSTED (for himself and Mr. Moreno) 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:

On page 105, strike line 12 and insert the following:
retary considers appropriate; and
(3) potential enhancements to existing National Aeronautics
and Space Administration facilities needed to enable use of
these facilities by the Department of Defense for testing and
research of hypersonic systems.
At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title II, insert
the following:

SEC. 2__. AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF HYPERSONIC TESTING EFFORTS.

To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of
Defense shall use existing hypersonic testing facilities or
hypersonic testing facilities currently undergoing
refurbishment, including those owned by other departments and
agencies, for testing related to the development of
hypersonic systems.
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