S.Amdt. 622

SA 622. Mr. WARNER 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 D of title XIV, add the following:

SEC. 1433. AUTHORITY OF CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE ARMED
FORCES RETIREMENT HOME TO ACQUIRE AND LEASE
PROPERTY.

(a) Acquisition of Property.--Subsection (e) of section
1511 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24
U.S.C. 411) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``Secretary of Defense may acquire,'' and
inserting ``Chief Operating Officer may acquire,''; and
(B) by striking ``Secretary may acquire'' and inserting
``Chief Operating Officer may acquire''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking ``Secretary of Defense determines'' and
inserting ``Chief Operating Officer determines''; and
(B) by striking ``Secretary shall dispose'' and inserting
``Chief Operating Officer shall dispose''.
(b) Leasing of Nonexcess Property.--Subsection (i) of such
section is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``Secretary of Defense (acting on behalf of
the Chief Operating Officer)'' and inserting ``Chief
Operating Officer''; and
(B) by striking ``as the Secretary considers'' and
inserting ``(subject to paragraph (7)) as the Chief Operating
Officer considers'';
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the Secretary of
Defense may not enter into the lease on behalf of the Chief
Operating Officer'' and inserting ``the Chief Operating
Officer may not enter into the lease'';
(3) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ``Secretary of
Defense'' and inserting ``Chief Operating Officer'';
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs
(8) and (9), respectively; and
(5) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new
paragraph (7):
``(7) A lease under this subsection may not be entered into
until the terms of the lease are approved by the Secretary of
Defense.''.
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