S.Amdt. 4375

SA 4375. Mrs. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Kirk,
and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2814. ARSENAL INSTALLATION REUTILIZATION AUTHORITY.

(a) Modified Authority.--In the case of a military
manufacturing arsenal, the Secretary concerned may authorize
leases and contracts under section 2667 of title 10, United
States Code, for a term of up to 25 years, notwithstanding
subsection (b)(1) of such section, 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--
(1) helping to maintain the viability of the military
manufacturing arsenal and any military installations on which
it is located;
(2) 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
(3) 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.
(b) Delegation.--The Secretary concerned may delegate the
authority provided by this section to the commander of the
major subordinate command of the Army that has responsibility
for the military manufacturing arsenal or, if part of a
larger military installation, the installation as a whole.
The commander may approve such an arrangement on a case-by-
case basis or a class basis.
(c) Military Manufacturing Arsenal Defined.--In this
section, 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.
(d) Sunset.--The authority under this section shall
terminate at the close of September 30, 2019.
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