S.Amdt. 2535Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 2535
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Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-AL)
Submitted August 4, 2021
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SA 2535. Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Tillis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of division J, add the following: TITLE X DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE General Provisions--Infrastructure Funding reduction of backlog of facility infrastructure projects Sec. 1001. For an additional amount for ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'', $4,000,000,000, of which $1,300,000,000 shall be for each of the Departments of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and $100,000,000 shall be for the Defense Health Agency, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to reduce the backlog of facility infrastructure maintenance projects of the Department of Defense: Provided, That any project carried out with amounts provided in this section shall comply with the requirements under section 2811 of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That such amount is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). modernization of test and training ranges of department of defense Sec. 1002. For an additional amount for ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'', $4,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2032, to modernize the test and training ranges of the Department of Defense, including projects included in the report required under section 2806 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Division B of Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. 222a note) for test and evaluation activities: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). remediation of perfluoralkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances Sec. 1003. For an additional amount for ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'', $1,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to remediate perfluoralkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances at installations owned by the Department of Defense: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). high-priority military construction requirements Sec. 1004. For an additional amount for ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'', $2,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to meet high-priority military construction requirements: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). depot modernization Sec. 1005. For an additional amount for ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'', $4,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2032, for depot modernization: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). ammunition plant modernization Sec. 1006. For an additional amount for ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'', $2,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to modernize ammunition plants: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). fifth-generation wireless networking technologies Sec. 1007. For an additional amount for ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'', $2,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, to provide fifth-generation wireless networking technologies to installations owned by the Department of Defense: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). navy and coast guard shipyard infrastructure improvement Sec. 1008. (a) Appropriation.-- (1) In general.--For an additional amount for ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'', $25,350,000,000, to remain available until expended, to improve, in accordance with subsection (b), the Navy and Coast Guard shipyard infrastructure of the United States. (2) Supplement not supplant.--Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) shall supplement and not supplant other amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the purpose described in paragraph (1). (3) Emergency designation.--The amount appropriated under paragraph (1) is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). (b) Use of Funds.-- (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall make the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) directly available to the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Homeland Security for obligation and expenditure in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) Allocation of funds.--The amounts appropriated under subsection (a) shall be allocated as follows: (A) $21,000,000,000 for Navy public shipyard facilities, dock, dry dock, capital equipment improvements, and dredging efforts needed by such shipyards. (B) $2,000,000,000 for Navy private new construction shipyard facilities, dock, dry dock, capital equipment improvements, and dredging efforts needed by such shipyards. (C) $2,000,000,000 for Navy private repair shipyard facilities, dock, dry dock, capital equipment improvements, and dredging efforts needed by such shipyards. (D) $350,000,000, which shall be transferred to the Department of Homeland Security, for Coast Guard Yard facilities, dock, dry dock, capital equipment improvements, and dredging efforts needed by the shipyard. (3) Projects in addition to other construction projects.-- Construction projects undertaken using amounts appropriated under subsection (a) shall be in addition to and separate from any military construction program authorized by any Act to authorize appropriations for a fiscal year for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction. (c) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Coast guard yard.--The term ``Coast Guard Yard'' means the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. (2) Navy public shipyard.--The term ``Navy public shipyard'' means the following: (A) The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia. (B) The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii. (C) The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine. (D) The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington. (3) Navy private new construction shipyard.--The term ``Navy private new construction shipyard''-- [[Page S5868]] (A) means any shipyard in which one or more combatant or support vessels included in the most recent plan submitted under section 231 of title 10, United States Code, are being built or are planned to be built; and (B) includes vendors and suppliers of the shipyard building or planning to build a combatant or support vessel. (4) Navy private repair shipyard.--The term ``Navy private repair shipyard''-- (A) means any shipyard that performs or is planned to perform maintenance or modernization work on a combatant or support vessel included in the most recent plan submitted under section 231 of title 10, United States Code; and (B) includes vendors and suppliers of the shipyard performing or planning to perform maintenance or modernization work on a combatant or support vessel. defense activities of department of energy Sec. 1009. For an additional amount for ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'', $3,850,000,000, which shall be transferred to the Secretary of Energy, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for construction of enabling infrastructure at Los Alamos National Laboratory, construction of training facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Savannah River Site, general enabling infrastructure at the National Nuclear Security Administration, decommissioning and decontamination of equipment contaminated by PF-4, demolition of equipment at the Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, design work for lithium and tritium facilities, and deferred maintenance at the National Nuclear Security Administration: Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)). transfer of funds Sec. 1010. Amounts provided in this title may be transferred by the Secretary of Defense from the Defense Infrastructure Fund to the appropriate service account for the same purpose as the funds were appropriated. Such transfers shall not be taken into account for purposes of the limitations on transfers included in a National Defense Authorization Act or a Defense Appropriations Act for a fiscal year. spending plans Sec. 1011. (a) Department of Defense.--Not later than 30 days before the beginning of any fiscal year in which amounts appropriated under sections 1001 through 1008 will be spent, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a spending plan for such amounts, set forth by line number, sub-activity group, and program element number. (b) Department of Energy.--Not later than 30 days before the beginning of any fiscal year in which amounts appropriated under section 1009 will be spent, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a spending plan for such amounts, set forth by congressional control. (c) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. ______