S.Amdt. 3874

SA 3874. 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 D of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2836. TREATMENT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT CENTERS UNDER MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
LAWS.

Section 2801 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(e)(1) This chapter does not apply to real property,
including facilities, leased to, furnished to, or placed
under the responsibility of (through a base support agreement
or other contractual mechanism) a federally funded research
and development center that is sponsored by and contracted to
the Department of Defense for the performance of research,
development, and rapid prototyping.
``(2) On real property leased, conveyed, or made available
to a federally funded research and development center from
the Department of Defense, such center may use funds for
research and development under a base support agreement or
other contractual mechanism to construct new infrastructure
and facilities, demolish leased facilities, and repair and
refurbish leased facilities consistent with the requirements
of such agreement or other contractual mechanism.''.
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