S.Amdt. 1558

SA 1558. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. __. ARSENAL INSTALLATION REUTILIZATION AUTHORITY.

(a) In General.--Section 2667 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as
subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new
subsection:
``(h) Arsenal Installation Reutilization Authority.--(1) In
the case of a military manufacturing arsenal, the Secretary
concerned may authorize leases and contracts for a term of up
to 25 years, notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), if the
Secretary determines that a lease or contract of that
duration will promote the national defense or be in the
public interest for the purpose of--
``(A) helping to maintain the viability of the military
manufacturing arsenal and any military installations on which
it is located;
``(B) eliminating, or at least reducing, the cost of
Government ownership of the military manufacturing arsenal,
including the costs of operations and maintenance, the costs
of environmental remediation, and other costs; and
``(C) leveraging private investment at the military
manufacturing arsenal through long-term facility use
contracts, property management contracts, leases, or other
agreements that support and advance the preceding purposes.
``(2)(A) The Secretary concerned may delegate the authority
provided by this subsection to the commander of the military
manufacturing arsenal or, if part of a larger military
installation, the installation commander.
``(B) The delegated authority does not include the
authority to enter into a lease or contract under this
section to carry out any activity covered by section 4544(b)
of this title related to--
``(i) the sale of articles manufactured by a military
manufacturing arsenal;
``(ii) the sale of services performed by a military
manufacturing arsenal; or
``(iii) the performance of manufacturing work at the
military manufacturing arsenal.
``(3) In this subsection, the term `military manufacturing
arsenal' means a Government-owned, Government-operated
defense plant of the Department of the Defense that
manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both.''.
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