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On the recordJuly 12, 2017
It is not clear that it has got a prohibition on a study, nor does it call for one. So as we get into conference, I think it might be a worthwhile thing to say that we authorize, ask--you know, and I am not sure if this is something the Defense Department can do without our authorization or not, but it is something that we should discuss as we get into conference, to have them do that study. I think that would be an excellent first step, but I am not sure that we cover it in this bill. Maybe we do, and we can figure that out over the course of the next 48 hours. But if it doesn't, that is something that I think we ought to try to do.
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Adam Smith
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