The undersigned organizations and institutions (see PDF) write to Chairman McCain and Ranking Member Reed, in opposition to Sections 756 and 898 of S. 2943, the fiscal year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, which would prohibit funding for medical research at the Department of Defense (DoD) unless such research meets certain narrowly defined criteria related to military relevance. We urge you to support amendments that we expect to be offered during Senate floor consideration that would strike this language from the bill.