S.Amdt. 399

SA 399. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 A of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2803. REVITALIZATION OF JUNGLE OPERATIONS TRAINING
RANGES.

(a) Authority.--For the revitalization of jungle operations
training ranges under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
the Army, the Secretary may obligate and expend--
(1) from appropriations available to the Secretary for
operation and maintenance, amounts necessary to carry out an
unspecified minor military construction project costing not
more than $6,600,000, notwithstanding section 2805(c) of
title 10, United States Code; or
(2) from appropriations available to the Secretary for
military construction not otherwise authorized by law,
amounts necessary to carry out an unspecified minor military
construction project costing not more than $6,600,000.
(b) Notification Requirement.--When a decision is made to
carry out an unspecified

[[Page S4442]]

minor military construction project to which subsection (a)
is applicable, the Secretary shall notify in writing the
congressional defense committees of that decision, of the
justification for the project, and of the estimated cost of
the project in accordance with section 2805(b) of title 10,
United States Code.
(c) Sunset.--The authority to carry out a project under
subsection (a) shall expire at the close of September 30,
2019.
______