S.Amdt. 4051

SA 4051. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3951 submitted by Ms. Collins and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 4016, making appropriations for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title IV of division C, insert
the following:

prohibition of closure of federal research and development facilities

Sec. 4___. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
none of the funds made available under any division of this
Act or any other appropriations Acts, including prior year
Acts, shall be used to close or consolidate the resources or
locations of any existing research and development facility,
including a laboratory or experimental forest, funded under
this Act and operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Environmental
Protection Agency, or the Forest Service, or to relocate
employees assigned to those facilities, unless identified in
the applicable budget justification and provided for in this
Act.
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