S.Amdt. 3873

SA 3873. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 C of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2825. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY AND LEASE LAND AND FACILITIES
TO SUPPORT CONTRACTS WITH FEDERALLY FUNDED
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 159 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2688 the
following new section:

``Sec. 2689. Conveyance and lease of land and facilities to
support contracts with federally funded research and
development centers

``(a) Lease of Land, Facilities, and Improvements.--(1) The
Secretary of a military department may, for no consideration,
lease land, facilities, and improvements to a federally
funded research and development center sponsored by, and
contracted to, the Department of Defense to further the
purposes of such contract for a period not to exceed 30
years.
``(2) Any lease entered into under paragraph (1) with a
federally funded research and development center with respect
to which the Department of Defense has entered into a
contract described in such paragraph shall terminate upon the
termination or nonrenewal of such contract.
``(b) Conveyance of Facilities and Improvements.--(1) The
Secretary of a military department may, for no consideration,
convey to a federally funded research and development center
sponsored by, and contracted to, the Department of Defense
ownership of facilities and improvements located on land
leased to such center to further the purposes of such
contract.
``(2) Ownership of facilities and improvements conveyed
under paragraph (1) shall revert to the United States upon
the termination or nonrenewal of the underlying land
lease.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 159 of such title is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 2688 the
following new item:

``2689. Conveyance of land and facilities to support contracts with
federally funded research and development centers.''.
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