S.Amdt. 3899

SA 3899. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II of division A, insert
before the period at the end of the last proviso relating to
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide the following: ``:
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this
heading, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate an amount
the Secretary determines appropriate for fiscal year 2019 to
ensure the operation and maintenance of military construction
projects funded through the Energy Resilience and
Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) authorized under
section 2914 of title 10, United States Code: Provided
further, That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller),
under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a plan to create a
program element and supporting budgetary accounts and line
items for the consideration of operation and maintenance
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 and subsequent fiscal
years to address operation and maintenance projects necessary
for military construction projects funded through ERCIP:
Provided further, That, not later than March 1, 2019, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on its progress to establish the
necessary budgetary accounts described in the preceding
proviso''.
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