S.Amdt. 2273

1. Adds SEC. 353. TRANSFER OF EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle F of title III

   Adds a section

   In S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   The Secretary of Defense may immediately transfer up to $4,500,000 from amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities to the Postal Service Fund for purposes of implementing the modernization of the United States Postal Services's mail delivery system to improve the delivery of absentee ballots to military personnel serving outside the United States.

   Inserted: SEC. 353. TRANSFER OF EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

   Inserted: Section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and

   Inserted: (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:

   Inserted: "(c) Restrictions on Transfer.--(1) Such excess military equipment shall not be transferred under the provisions of this section to a State or local law enforcement, firefighting, homeland security, or emergency management agency unless request therefor is made by such agency, in such form and manner as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe, and such request, with respect to the type and amount of equipment so requested, is certified as being necessary and suitable for the operation of such agency by the Governor (or such State official as he may designate) of the State in which such agency is located. Equipment transferred to a State or local law enforcement, firefighting, homeland security, or emergency management agency under this section shall not exceed, in quantity, the amount requested and certified for such agency and shall be for the exclusive use of such agency. Such equipment may not be sold, or otherwise transferred, by such agency to any individual or public or private organization or agency.

   Inserted: "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall, as a condition of transfer of personal property under this section, prohibit the additional transfer of such property to any receiving party unless the transfer and such receiving party meet the requirements under paragraph (1).

   Inserted: "(3) The Secretary may require any party receiving personal property pursuant to this section to return such property to the Department of Defense at no cost to the Department if such party does not comply with the requirements of paragraph (1).".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

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