S.Amdt. 3607

SA 3607. Mr. HICKENLOOPER 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__. EXPANSION OF MISSION AREAS OF MECHANISMS FOR
EXPEDITED ACCESS TO TECHNICAL TALENT AND
EXPERTISE AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MISSIONS TO INCLUDE
CRITICAL MINERALS.

Section 217(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note)
is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (36) as paragraph (37); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (35) the following new
paragraph (36):
``(36) Critical minerals.''.
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