S.Amdt. 2753

SA 2753. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 D of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 633. AUTHORITY FOR CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER OF DEFENSE
COMMISSARY SYSTEM AND EXCHANGE SYSTEM.

(a) Authority for Consolidation or Merger.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 147 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

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``Sec. 2490. Defense commissary system and exchange stores
system: consolidation or merger

``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this chapter or any other provision of law, the Secretary of
Defense may consolidate or otherwise merge, whether in whole
or in part, the operations or administration of the defense
commissary system and the exchange stores system if the
Secretary determines that the consolidation or merger will
reduce the overall cost of operations, administration, or
both of the defense commissary system, the exchange stores
system, or both systems.
``(b) Treatment of Authority.--This section constitutes
specific authority for the consolidation or merger of the
operations and administration of the defense commissary
system and the exchange stores system for purposes of section
2487(b) of this title and any other provision of law that
prohibits or limits the consolidation or merger of the
operations or administration of the systems.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of subchapter II of chapter 147 of such title is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2490. Defense commissary system and exchange stores system:
consolidation or merger.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Chapter 147 of title 10, United
States Code, is further amended as follows:
(1) In section 2481(a), by striking ``The Secretary of
Defense'' and inserting ``Except as provided in section 2490
of this title, the Secretary of Defense''.
(2) In section 2487(a)(1), by inserting ``and section 2490
of this title'' after ``Except as provided in paragraph
(2)''.
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