SA 4369. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. REID, Mr. BLUNT, Ms.

MIKULSKI,
Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. CASEY, and Mr.
SHELBY) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 764. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIMITATIONS,
TRANSPARENCY, AND OVERSIGHT REGARDING MEDICAL RESEARCH
CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Section 756, relating to a prohibition on funding and conduct of certain medical research
and development projects by the Department of Defense, shall have no force or effect.
(b) RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION EFFORTS AND
PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES RELATED TO MEDICAL RESEARCH.
Section 898, relating to a limitation on authority of the Secretary of Defense to enter into
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements for congressional special interest medical
research programs under the congressionally directed medical research program of the
Department of Defense, shall have no force or effect.