S.Amdt. 1844

SA 1844. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2021 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:

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At the title appropriate place in title X, insert the
following:

SEC. __. TRANSFER OF MARE ISLAND NAVAL CEMETERY TO SECRETARY
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR MAINTENANCE BY NATIONAL
CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION.

(a) Agreement.--Beginning on the date that is 180 days
after the date on which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
submits the report required by subsection (c)(1), the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall seek to enter into an
agreement with the city of Vallejo, California, under which
the city of Vallejo shall transfer to the Secretary all
right, title, and interest in the Mare Island Naval Cemetery
in Vallejo, California, at no cost to the Secretary. The
Secretary shall seek to enter into such agreement before the
date that is one year after the date on which such report is
submitted.
(b) Maintenance by National Cemetery Administration.--If
the Mare Island Naval Cemetery is transferred to the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to subsection (a), the
National Cemetery Administration shall maintain the cemetery
as a national shrine.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report on the feasibility and advisability
of exercising the authority granted by subsection (a).
(2) Contents.--The report submitted under paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of
exercising the authority granted by subsection (a).
(B) An estimate of the costs, including both direct and
indirect costs, that the Department of Veterans Affairs would
incur by exercising such authority.
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