S.Amdt. 2535Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree

S.Amdt. 2535

Submitted August 4, 2021

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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''--

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(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.
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