S.Amdt. 1718

SA 1718. Mr. FLAKE 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 A of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2807. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN AREAS OF CONTINGENCY
OPERATIONS.

(a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
2804 the following new section:

``Sec. 2804a. Certification requirement for military
construction projects in areas of contingency operations

``(a) Certification Requirement.--(1) The Secretary of
Defense may not obligate or expend funds to carry out a
military construction project overseas in connection with a
contingency operation (as defined in section 101(a)(13) of
this title) unless the combatant commander of the area of
operations in which such project is to be constructed has
certified to the Secretary of Defense that the project is
needed for direct support of a contingency operation within
that combatant command.
``(2) The restriction under paragraph (1) does not apply to
planning and design activities or activities carried out
under the authority of section 2805 of this title.
``(b) Certification Guidance.--The Secretary of Defense
shall provide guidance regarding the certification required
under subsection (a).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding after the
item relating to section 2804 the following new item:

``2804a. Certification requirement for military construction projects
in areas of contingency operations.''.

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