To modify the provision relating to waiver of requirements.

SA 3929. Mr. PRYOR (for Mr. Carper (for himself, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Bennet)) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1611, to require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans; as follows:

On page 22, strike lines 11 through 24, and insert the following:

(d) Waiver of Requirements.--The Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, or their respective designee, may waive the applicability to any national security system, as defined in section 3542 of title 44, United States Code, of any provision of this Act if the Director of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, or their respective designee, determines that such waiver is in the interest of national security. Not later than 30 days after making a waiver under this subsection, the Director of National Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense, or their respective designee, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a statement describing the waiver and the reasons for the waiver.