S.Amdt. 2879

SA 2879. Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 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 title II, add the following:

SEC. 256. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED FUNDING REDUCTION FOR HIGH ENERGY LASER SYSTEMS TEST FACILITY.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed reduction in Army research, development, test, and evaluation funding for the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility.

(b) Evaluation of Impact on Other Military Departments.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include an evaluation of the impact of the proposed reduction in funding on each Federal agency that utilizes the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility.

(c) Prohibition on Actions to Diminish Ability of Facility to Function as Major Range and Test Base Facility.--The Secretary of the Army may not take any action that diminishes the ability of the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility to function as a major range and test base facility, as that term is defined in Department of Defense Directive 3200.11, including actions related to the closure of such facility.