S.Amdt. 4589

SA 4589. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him 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:

After section 216, insert the following:

SEC. 216A. HIGH ENERGY LASER SYSTEMS TEST FACILITY.

(a) Independent Evaluation.--The Secretary of Defense shall
enter into an agreement with an independent entity to conduct
an evaluation and assessment of options to provide financial
resources for the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility
(HELSTF) in accordance with the recommendations in the 2009
report of the Test Resource Management Center and High Energy
Laser Joint Program Office entitled ``Impact Report to
Congress on High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF)
and Plan for Test and Evaluation of High Energy Laser
Systems'', and other relevant reports, including--
(1) the transfer of management of the Facility to the Joint
Directed Energy Program Office (JDEPO), as redesignated by
section 216(b); and
(2) modifications of funding for the Joint Directed Energy
Program Office in order to provide adequate financial
resources for the Facility.
(b) Report.--Under the agreement entered into pursuant to
subsection (a), the entity conducting the evaluation and
assessment required pursuant to that subsection shall, by not
later than January 31, 2017, submit to the Secretary, and to
the congressional defense committees, a report setting forth
the results of the evaluation and assessment, including such
recommendations for legislative and administrative action
with respect to the financial resources and organization of
the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility as the entity
considers appropriate.
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