Text of Senate Amendment 6725

On 2026-07-30, Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6725" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6725

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 125 (Thursday, July 30, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 125 (Thursday, July 30, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S4397] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6725. Mr. HUSTED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 X, insert the following: SEC. __. BRIEFING AND SUMMARY ADDRESSING HIGH-PRESSURE, HIGH- TEMPERATURE SYNTHETIC DIAMOND AND CUBIC BORON NITRIDE. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall provide a briefing and written summary to the congressional defense committees addressing-- (1) whether high-pressure, high-temperature synthetic diamond and cubic boron nitride should be-- (A) designated as strategic and critical materials for stockpile purposes; and (B) addressed in the next biennial stockpile requirements report of the Department of Defense submitted to Congress; and (2) the extent and sufficiency of existing domestic production capability, including surge and reactivation potential, relative to identified shortfalls. ______