S.Amdt. 3764

SA 3764. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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:

In section 220(b)(2), insert ``, biomanufacturing
equipment,'' after ``metal printers''.
In section 220(b), at the end, add the following:
(7) utilize, to the maximum extent possible, advanced
manufacturing capabilities and capacity established under the
Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Proogram established
under section 28 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology
Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722a), especially where
capabilities are co-located with a facility of a Department
of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institute.
In section 220B(b)(2), insert ``the 2025 National Security
Commission on Emerging Biotechnology Final Report,'' before
``and Department of Defense Instruction 5000.93''.
In section 220B(b)(4)(A), at the end, add the following:
(viii) Biomanufacturing.
In section 220B(b)(4)(H), in the subparagraph heading,
strike ``additive'' and insert ``advanced''.
In section 220B(b)(4)(H), strikes clauses (iii) and (iv)
and insert the following:
(iii) improve supply chain risk management;
(iv) stimulate supply chain agility within the Department;
and
(v) utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, existing
public private partnerships capable of rapidly proliferating
advanced manufacturing capabilities, including Department of
Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institutes.
In section 220B(b)(4)(I), amend clause (ii) to read as
follows:
(ii) utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, existing
public private partnerships capable of rapidly scaling
apprenticeships and skilled technician training pipelines to
support Department research and development programs and
programs of record, including Department of Defense
Manufacturing Innovation Institutes; and
In section 232(b), insert ``, including bioindustrial and
biomedical products, coordinated with the dual-use advanced
manufacturing hubs established under section 220(a)'' before
the period at the end.
In section 232, at the end, add the following:
(c) Modification of Definition of Bioindustrial
Manufacturing for Purposes of Support for Research and
Development of Bioindustrial Manufacturing Processes.--
Section 215(f) 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 by inserting ``for both
biomedical and'' before ``non-pharmaceutical applications''.
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