S.Amdt. 2239

SA 2239. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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:

At the end of section 1083, add the following:
(d) Distribution of Estimate.--As soon as practicable after
submitting an estimate as described in paragraph (1) of
subsection (a) and making the certification described in
paragraph (2) of such subsection, the Secretary shall make
such estimate available to any licensee operating under the
order and authorization described in such subsection.
(e) Authority of Secretary of Defense to Seek Recovery of
Costs.--The Secretary of Defense may work directly with any
licensee (or any future assignee, successor, or purchaser)
affected by the Order and Authorization adopted by the
Federal Communications Commission on April 19, 2020 (FCC 20-
48) to seek recovery of costs incurred by the Department of
Defense as a result of the effect of such order and
authorization.
(f) Reimbursement.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and
facilitate a process for any licensee (or any future
assignee, successor, or purchaser) subject to the
authorization and order described in subsection (a) to
provide reimbursement to the Department of Defense, only to
the extent provided in appropriations Acts, for the covered
costs and eligible reimbursable costs submitted and certified
to the congressional defense committees under such
subsection.
(2) Use of funds.--The Secretary shall use any funds
received under this subsection, to the extent and in such
amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts,
for covered costs described in subsection (b) and the range
of eligible reimbursable costs identified under subsection
(a)(1).
(3) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which
the Secretary establishes the process required by paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on such process.
(g) Good Faith.--The execution of the responsibilities of
this section by the Department of Defense shall be considered
to be good faith actions pursuant to paragraph 104 of the
Order and Authorization (FCC 20-48) described in subsection
(a).
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